Former Head of Service of the Federation, Stephen
Oronsanye and his co-accused in a N1.4billion fraud case, Osarenkhoe Afe, were
granted bail on Tuesday.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole, before whom they were
arraigned on a 24-count charge, granted them bail after listening to arguments
on their bail applications.
While the judge granted Oronsaye bail on self-recognition,
Afe got his reprieve at N50million and two sureties in the same amount.
One of the sureties must be a civil servant of
Grade Level 16.
The judge had, upon the accused persons
arraignment on July 13 asked them to file formal bail applications and released
them to their lawyers, who were asked to write an undertaken to produce them in
court for hearing of their bail applications.
While the lead prosecution lawyer opposed Afe’s
bail application, he did not oppose that of Oronsaye because the judge was
disposed to granting him bail having earlier released him after his
arraignment.
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