Court grants Seun Egbegbe, accomplice N5m bail

Ebony Films Productions boss Olajide Oluwaseun Kazeem, better known as Seun Egbegbe and his accomplice Oyekan Ayomide have both been granted bail to the tune of N5 million by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.

In his pronouncement while ruling on Egbegbe’s bail application, Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo said the suspect and his accomplice, who were arrested for defrauding some Bureau De Change operatives at Gbagada in Lagos, should remain in police custody until their bail conditions are perfected.

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“Both accused should be granted bail of N5million with two sureties each in a sum of N2.5million. That is four sureties altogether. One of the sureties must be a civil servant who has attained level 16 while the other surety must be a land owner in any part of Lagos metropolis.

“The landowner must submit Certificate of Ownership of the landed property and while the civil servant must submit his international passport to the court. The four sureties must swear to an affidavit while the house and office addresses and telephone number will be verified by the court”, Justice Oguntoyinbo said.

It could be recalled that a bail application was filed by the counsel to the accused, Miss. A. O. Gbadamoshi, prompting Justice Oguntoyinbo to fix the hearing for today after a request from the police prosecutor who called for more time to file his objections to the application.

 

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