Court to rule on Akingbola’s passport on December 17
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on
Tuesday, adjourned till December 17, ruling in the application filed by
the former Managing director of Intercontinental Bank, Erastus
Akingbola, for the release of his international passport.
“We want an order from the court
directing all security agents such as the SSS (State Security Service),
EFCC (Economic and Financial Crime Commission) and the police from
prohibiting the accused person from travelling outside the country,”
said Felix Fagbohungbe, the counsel to Mr Akingbola. He also urged the
court to allow his client report once every month at the EFCC office in
Lagos instead of its Abuja headquarters every first working day of the
week.
Mr Akingbola had, through his counsel, urged Justice Mohammed Idris
to vary his bail conditions and release his passport. Prosecution
counsel, Emmanuel Ukala, however, urged the court to reject the
defendant’s application, arguing that “the Federal High Court was not
the appropriate court to vary the bail conditions.” Justice Idris had,
on August 30, granted Mr Akingbola bail in the sum of N500 million with
two sureties who must have landed property within the court’s
jurisdiction.
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