Ex-international professional boxer, Mr. Bash Ali, was yesterday arraigned before an Abuja Magistrate Court over threats to bomb the headquarters of NEXIM Bank, located in Central Business District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
According to the Nigeria
Police Force (NPF), Ali’s prosecutor, the ex-international boxer is being tried for criminal trespass, obstruction in public way, wrongful restraint and criminal intimidation, contrary to Sections 79, 85, 348, 194, 266 and 397 of penal code. Ali was arrested on Wednesday at about 2pm after one
Mr. Bisong Peter of NEXIM Bank reported him at the Central Police Station. He was arrested alongside five others when he trespassed into the premises on the bank, using bus to block entrance into the building, thereby restricting staff from accessing their offices. According to the prosecuting lawyer, Mr. Bulus Samuel, Ali threatened to bomb the bank, having come to its premises along with the others now facing prosecution.
In his submission, Samuel argued that the accused should be remanded in police custody while further investigation would be conducted to ascertain the true intents of their actions.
However, Lawyer to the accused, Mr. Agbonlahor Anthony, begged the court to grant them bail. He cited significant contributions Ali had made in nation building, stressing that since there was no official charge brought against the accused, it was only fair that they be granted bail.
In her ruling, Magistrate Hadiza Dodo, granted bail to Ali and other accused, but with stringent conditions. She ruled that each of them must provide one
surety each who must be a top civil servant and must have a landed property in Abuja. She added that each accused person must pay N1 million to secure their bail. The case was therefore adjourned till March 4, 2015 for hearing.
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