Court jails surety for aiding suspect's escape
A Lagos Magistrates Court sitting in Apapa has sentenced a man, Nwachukwu Oliver to one year imprisonment for aiding the escape of a suspect, Abonu Anslem, who is standing trial for forgery and breach of peace. The police had charged Nwachukwu before the court in 2019, for allegedly standing as surety for Anslem but failed to produce him on several occasions to answer for his crime. One of the four count charges against the defendant reads: " That you Nwachukwu Oliver and one other now at large on September 11, 218, at Magistrate Court 10, Apapa in the Apapa Magisterial District, did conspire among yourselves to obstruct, prevent and pervert the course of justice by aiding the escape of one Abonu Anslem, who is standing trial for the offence of conspiracy, conduct likely to cause a breach of peace and forgery in the charge No 1/051/2018 at Magistrate Court 10, Ajegunle Apapa, Lagos and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 97 (1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State ...