London court denies Ekweremadu bail

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The Central Criminal Court in London has again denied a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu bail.

The court, in the pre-trial hearing on Tuesday, gave its verdict, denying the bail of the lawmaker on the grounds that he was a flight risk.

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In the bail application, Ekweremadu’s lawyer had argued that the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and the Attorney-General of the Federal had written to the court that Ekweremadu was not a flight risk.

The lawyer further argued that a guarantee to produce him should he pose a flight risk was given and that the Nigeria High Commission in the UK had equally given the option of tagging Ekweremadu electronically to monitor his movement.

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