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Alleged N150m Bribe: Court grants Lagos big boy, Dr. Akintoye Akindele, N500m bail
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama on Tuesday, August 22, granted N500 million bail to a Lagos businessman, Dr. Akintoye Akindele, accused of attempting to bribe Police with N150 million.
The 49-year-old was docked on one count criminal charge by the Inspector General of Police through a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, Mr Simon Lough.
Among others, Akindele who is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Duport Midstream Company was alleged to have offered police a bribe of N150 million to pervert the course of investigation in a petition against him.
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The businessman was said in the charge to have dropped N50 million as part of the alleged bribe to the IGP’s team of investigators led by a Superintendent of Police, Ibrahim Ezekiel Sini.
According to the charge, the bribe was offered to allow police permit him to escape abroad & to write a favourable report for him after the investigation.
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