An Abuja High Court has fixed February 23 for ruling on the bail application filed by counsel to Akinlade Taiwo, Timothy Lekan and two others, accused of murdering one Mister Sylvester Emefiele, a staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

At the resumed hearing of the case, the defence counsel moved a motion for the bail of the accused persons, but the application was opposed by the police prosecutor on the ground that the accused persons are standing trial for murder, an offence which attracts death upon conviction.

Although lawyers to the parties declined commenting on the case, the Force Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Police Frank Mba, in an interview said that the accused persons have already confessed their role in the murder of Mister Emefiele who was reported to have left Lagos on September 23, 2012.

The Force Public Relations Officer advised members of the public to be wary of the kind of vehicles they enter to avoid falling victim to hoodlums.