Convicted former Caretaker
Chairman of, Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi state, Gabriel Daudu, today
lost his post conviction bail bid as a Federal High Court sitting Lokoja
refused his bail application.
Daudau was convicted by Justice
Inyang Ekwo on April 25, 2016 after he found him guilty of 77 counts of fraud
and sentenced him to 154-year imprisonment.
In his ruling, the trial judge
held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, and
sentenced Mr. Daudu to two years on each of the 77 counts.
Since the sentences are running
concurrently, Mr. Daudu is expected to spend two years in jail.
But the convict approached the
Federal High Court with an application for bail on the grounds that, without
the bail he would have served his jail term before his appeal is determined at
the appellate court.
But ruling on the application today,
Justice I. M. Sani held that the grounds of the applicant’s application were
speculative and consequently refused the request.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
4th July, 2016
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