Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Lagos will on May 30, 2012 hear the extradition request filed by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation against 26-year old Olaniyi Jones Makinde who is wanted in the United States of America for alleged criminal offences bordering on wire fraud.
When the case came up on Monday, April 23, counsel to the accused, Akin Olatunji, urged the court to grant bail to the accused. He said the accused had been in the detention since January when he was arrested. Olatunji further pleaded with the court to be lenient, claiming that the case commenced in 2010, when the accused was first arrested but later granted bail.
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