A Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square has granted bail to a lawyer, Emmanuel Umukoro, and one Taiwo Aribe, who were arraigned for allegedly defrauding a man of N10,800,000.
Justice Adesanya admitted Umukoro, the first defendant, to bail on self-recognisance after he told the court that he was called to the Nigerian Bar between 1988 and 1989.
The second defendant, Aribe, was granted bail in the sum of N5m, with two sureties in like sum. The judge directed that one of the sureties must be a blood relation and that both must reside within Lagos State. (Punch)
