Court revokes ex-Accountant General’s co-defendant’s bail
The bail previously granted to Geoffrey Akindele, one of the defendants in the trial involving former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has been revoked.
Akindele is being tried alongside the ex-AGF for fraudulent diversion of public funds amounting to N109.5 million.
Other defendants are Idris Mohammed, Kudu Usman, and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited
When the case was called on Tuesday, Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court observed that only Idris and Usman were in court, prompting him to ask the counsel for the defendant, S. E. Adino, about Akindele’s whereabouts.
Akindele’s counsel, Adino, told the court that his client was en route to court and had consistently attended previous hearings.
The judge said it was incumbent on a defendant on bail to reciprocate the gesture by always attending court.
He, however, revoked his bail and ordered the Commissioner of Police in the FCT and the prosecuting agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to arrest Akindele and produce him in court on the next adjourned date
Halilu adjourned the matter till February 1, 2024 for a hearing.
