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Last Updated: Saturday, December 11th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Ige House scam: Hitches in bail application for suspects gbenga fatuori Osogbo A technical hitch in the            bail application submitted by lawyers to the three accused persons in the N126 million Bola Ige House contract scam trial has stalled their bail.  The suspects are the former Secretary to the Osun State Government (SSG), Chief Sola Akinwumi, Finance Commissioner, Chief Lere Adebayo and Architect Lanre Oladeji. The trial magistrate, Jide Falola, however, adjourned the case for the third time, to next Wednesday to determine whether or not to grant them bail. This is coming as members of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) were yesterday attacked outside the court room by some hoodlums suspected to be supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alliance for Democracy (AD) supporters had converged outside the court in solidarity with the accused persons. The secretariat of the party had last week, raised alarm of possible attack on its members by the supporters of the ruling PDP. The Party Director of Publicity Mr Sunday Akere said shortly after the court adjourned to Wednesday, some hoodlums launched attack on members of the AD where they converged to give solidarity to their members. It took the intervention of anti-riot policemen who were stationed at strategic locations in the court premises to disperse supporters of the two parties. At yesterday’s sitting, the prosecuting lawyer, Otunba Kalejaye told the court that a copy of the bail application which the defendant’s lawyers was expected to serve him before Friday, was received late contrary to the agreement reached at the previous sitting. He explained that the development was responsible for his inability to prepare his reply to the applications. In his ruling, Magistrate  Jide Falola said the order for deconsolidation could not be granted saying “the court must not be seen as going forward and backward at the same time. The case is hereby adjourned till Wednesday.”   Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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