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Appeal Court Denies Okoyomon’s Bail Application

The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has thrown out the bail application brought before it by former Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and … Continue reading Appeal Court Denies Okoyomon’s Bail Application


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OkoyomonThe Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has thrown out the bail application brought before it by former Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, Emmanuel Okoyomon.

This is according to a statement from the EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren.

The statement affirmed that Mr Okoyomon’s extradition to the United Kingdom, has already been ordered by a Federal High Court in Abuja.

Okoyomon is wanted in the UK over his alleged role in a bribery scandal involving officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company, and Securency International of Australia, between 2006 and 2008.

Justice E. S. Chukwu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, had on May 4, 2015 ordered that Okoyomon be extradited to the UK to face charges of corruption and money laundering. He was also ordered to be remanded in prison custody pending the extradition.

Dissatisfied by the ruling, Okoyomon had at the time, through his counsel, Alex Izinyon, SAN, approached the appellate court seeking for a stay of execution of the order of the court.

Justice Valentine Ashi of the FCT High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja had on Friday, September 11, 2015 also ruled as an abuse of court process, the bail application brought before it by Okoyomon’s counsel, Mike Enaharo.