Eight days after he was admitted to bail
by Justice Hyeladzira Ajiya Nganjiwa of
the Federal High Court, Yenagoa,
Yunusa Dahiru a.k.a Yellow is yet to
meet his bail conditions.
by Justice Hyeladzira Ajiya Nganjiwa of
the Federal High Court, Yenagoa,
Yunusa Dahiru a.k.a Yellow is yet to
meet his bail conditions.
Investigations indicated that his defence
team and Dahiru family have been
battling to meet the bail conditions so
that Yunusa can leave the Okaka Prison
before the April 19 adjourned date.
Frantic efforts to meet the bail
conditions have been largely
unsuccessful as there is nobody willing
to sign the bail bond.
At the Okaka Prison where he is being
remanded, Yunusa, who is now
emaciated is said to be deeply
worried over failure of his family to
meet the bail conditions after the court
admitted him to bail.
Nganjiwa had admitted Yunusa to bail
on stringent conditions of N3 million
and two sureties in like sum, resident
within the jurisdiction of the court. Also
one of the sureties must be a title
holder, while the second person must
be civil servant on Grade Level 12 or
above.
The bail conditions also stipulated that
the two sureties must submit their three
years tax clearance receipts and that the
defence counsel must sign an
undertaking that the accused would not
jump bail.
SunNews reports that if the week runs
out and the bail conditions are not met,
the defence counsel might be forced to
go back to the Court and ask for a
variation of the bail conditions.
“It is a serious matter as we have not
been able to meet the bail conditions. If
the situation remains, then the defence
counsel would be directed to ask for
variation of the bail terms” a source
close to the defence team disclosed.
Meanwhile Uhrobo Progressive Union
(UPU) are set to draft a Senior Advocate
of Nigeria (SAN) to the prosecution
team to ensure justice for Ese.
This is as a result of the frustrations
being expressed by Mr and Mrs Charles
Oruru over the handling of the case by
the police prosecution team.
Shortly after Justice Nganjiwa admitted
Yunusa to bail on March 21st, the
Orurus had stormed out of the court
premises citing shoddy handling of the
matter by the prosecution.
There have been complaints by Civil
Rights activists that after the Special
Prosecutor, Kenneth Dika appeared in
Court during the arraignment, he has
left the case for James Anata.
The Chairman of the Civil Liberty
Organisation (CLO) in Bayelsa, Chief
Nengi James had expressed lack of
confidence in the prosecution team and
called for the police to send their best
from Abuja to handle the case.
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