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The Federal High Court successful Abuja, connected Wednesday, again declined to assistance an exertion for bail filed by alleged terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, being detained astatine the Department of State Services (DSS) facility.
Justice Mohammed Umar, successful a ruling, nevertheless ordered that Mamu should beryllium taken to due infirmary by the DSS for a aesculapian attention, having taken announcement of his wellness complaint.
Justice Umar held that by the past of the lawsuit truthful far, the prosecution had exhibited diligence successful it handling of the case.
The justice said 1 of the reasons for granting bail is wherever the prosecution is not diligent, adding that since the prosecution successful the instant lawsuit was diligent, the exertion for bail cannot beryllium granted.
He, therefore, ordered that the defence lawyer to take the wellness installation comfy to the defendant, to which helium should beryllium promptly taken.
“I person cautiously work the exertion for bail filed by the applicant/defendant and each different accompanied documents,” helium said.
The justice said 1 happening to find was whether Mamu had placed earlier the tribunal capable worldly facts to warrant granting of the bail.
He said though the tribunal had the discretion to assistance bail, this indispensable beryllium exercised judiciously and judicially.
The justice said immoderate of the factors to beryllium considered are the quality of the charge, the quality of evidence, the grounds that if granted bail, the suspect volition not interfere with the trial, whether helium volition not halt attending tribunal proceedings, among others.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the ruling was the 3rd clip the tribunal would cull Mamu’s exertion for bail since his was arraigned connected March 21, 2023 by the Federal Government connected a 10-count complaint bordering connected coercion financing, among others.
Mamu was arrested connected Sept. 7, 2022 by Egyptian information officials astatine the Cairo International Airport, connected tenable suspicion of financing Boko Haram coercion activities.
He was alleged to person convinced the terrorists to sermon ransom payments with idiosyncratic families of the hostages of the bid onslaught alternatively of the Chief of Defence Staff Committee acceptable up by the Federal Government for his idiosyncratic fiscal gain.
He was said to person been nominated by the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna-bound bid sometime successful March 2022 which took scores of persons hostage.
Mamu was alleged to person collected ransoms connected behalf of the Boko Haram terrorists from families of hostages, confirmed the magnitude and facilitated the transportation of the aforesaid to the terrorists.
He, however, pleaded not blameworthy to the charge.
Meanwhile, Mamu’s proceedings is ongoing earlier Justice Umar. (NAN)
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