‘$148,000 fraud suspect extradited despite pending appeal’

Opara’s letter notified them of the appeal filed by Gbadegesin’s former lawyer Olumide Babalola at the lower court, which stated that the matter came up for hearing at the Federal High Court, Lagos, on March 25, 2022, and was adjourned till July 13, 2022.

The letter reads: “The Record of Appeal in respect of the appeal has been compiled and transmitted to the Court of Appeal, Lagos. The appeal has been entered at the Court of Appeal. The appeal bears Appeal No: CA/LAGLCV/287/2022. Requisite Record of Appeal has been served on the Office of the Attorney-General, F.C. T, Abuja.

“On April 22, 2022, an extra copy of the Record of Appeal was once again served on your (AGF’s) office.”

It added that since the AGF’s office “is now aware of the pendency of the motion for stay of execution which has not been struck out and the motion for stay of execution filed by the Appellant at the Court of Appeal by reason of transmission of Record of Appeal as well as knowledge of pending appeal, it will be improper and unprofessional for the AGF to take steps towards the execution of the said ruling of the Federal High Court of Nigeria already subject of Appeal.

EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren told The Nation that he could not address the allegation.

“I don’t have those documents that you speak of,” Mr. Uwujaren said.

THE NATION