Police arraigns 15 suspects over invasion of Justice Odili’s residence

Police on Wednesday arraigned 15 suspects at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over the invasion of the Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili’s home in the nation’s capital.

Some security agents including soldiers and police operatives stormed the judge’s home with a search warrant on October 29 over alleged illegal activities in the building.

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The police paraded the 15 suspects at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, on November 11.

The suspects include a fake Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Lawrence Ajojo.

The presiding judge, Justice Nkeonye Maha, granted them bail on Wednesday evening in the sum of N5 million each with two sureties in like sum.

According to the ruling, the first surety must be a responsible citizen, with landed properties in like sum, while the second must be gainfully employed in Abuja with three years of tax clearance preceding the court order.

Meanwhile, the court refused to grant the oral application for bail by the 11th and 15th defendants, while no one made an application for bail for the 14th defendant.

However, they are all to be remanded at the Kuje correctional centre, including those who were granted bail, pending the perfection of their bail applications.

The case, was thereafter, adjourned to January 17 and 18, 2022 for hearing.

The Police had arraigned 15 out of the 22 suspects alleged to have laid siege on the residence of the Supreme Court Justice.

The suspects who were facing 18 counts were presented earlier on Wednesday before Justice Maha.

They include Ajodo Lawrence (principal suspect), Michael Diete-Spiff, Bar. Alex Onyekuru, Bayero Lawal, Bar. Igwe Ernest, Aliyu Umar Ibrahim, Maimuna Maishanu, Ayodele Akindipe, Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Musa, ASP Mohammed Yahaya, Stanley Nkwazema, Shehu Jibo, Abdullahi Adamu, and Abdullahi Usman and were listed as the 1st to 15th defendants.

They were said to be among a Joint Panel Recovery unit of the Federal Government comprising the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), police, and the Federal Ministry of Justice.

But the EFCC as well as the Federal Ministry of Justice had denied any such involvement.

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