A Bukuru Chief Magistrate’s Court in Plateau state has granted bail to Evangelist Danjuma Fwenji, who was alleged to have criminally enticed Joy, the wife of Mr Leonard Dilkon, a former House of Representatives member. The accused, who is the Overseer of God’s Grace Divine Mission, Jos was granted bail in the sum of N1.5 million at the hearing of the case on Wednesday. Dilkon, who represented Pankshin/Kanam/ Kanke constituency in the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2007, had dragged Fwenji to the court for allegedly enticing his wife. Fwenji denied the allegation.
At the resumed hearing of the case on Wednesday, his counsel, Mr Smart Irabor, prayed the court to grant his client bail, quoting section 36 (5) of the 1999 constitution that held that an accused person was innocent until otherwise proven. Irabor told the court that his client would neither jump bail, nor interfere with police investigation. “I can also assure the court that my client will always be available for trial,” he said. Irabor further urged the court to grant the accused bail based on self-recognition. But Mr Francis Okafor, counsel to the complainant, who did not object to the bail appeal, prayed that the court should take stringent measures in granting it. “This is important because the accused has been avoiding the court.
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