Court grants Shasore bail, orders counsel to write undertaking on availability in court

The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Friday granted bail to a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State Olasupo Shasore (SAN).

Justice Mojisola Dada, granting bail,  mandated the lead counsel to the former AG, Adeyemi Candide-Johnson (SAN), to write a personal undertaking to always present his client in court throughout his trial.

Shasore was arraigned before the court on a two-count charge bordering on corrupt offers to public officers contrary to and punishable under Section 9(1) (a) (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences (ICPC) Act 2000.

He was alleged to have corruptly given the sum of USD 100,000 (one hundred thousand dollars) to one Mrs Olufolakemi Adelore (then Director Legal, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources) and another USD100,000 to one Mr Ikechukwu Oguine (Secretary to the Corporation and Coordinator, Legal Services NNPC) on account of the role they both played in the arbitral proceedings instituted by Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) against the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources.

When the counts were read to the defendant, he pleaded not guilty.

Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bala Sanga, had requested the court for a trial date pending which the defendant will be remanded at the correctional facility.

The lead counsel for the defendant, Adeyemi Candide-Johnson, then, applied for his bail. He asked the court to admit Shasore to bail on liberal terms or on self-recognizance. He submitted amongst other that the defendant was eager to clear his name and would make himself available for trial.

The EFCC did not oppose the bail application.

In her ruling, Justice Dada granted the defendant bail.

The court then fixed December 6 for the commencement of the trial.

Source: Channels TV