Bode George loses bail bid, gets prison uniform – Vanguard
November 10, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
Efforts of the embattled former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Chief Bode George, and five others, to secure bail from an Ikeja High court that jailed them over the NPA contracts scam, hit the rocks yesterday as the same court refused their request.
Meantime, authorities of the Kirikiri Maximum Prison, yeaterday, handed Chief George his official blue uniform mandatory for all convicts in the prison.
Justice Joseph Oyewole who handed down the two-and-half year jail term on the six accused, on October 26, over offences bordering on inflation of contract, disobedience of lawful order and abuse of office also refused their application for bail on the ground that they failed to convince the court beyond reasonable doubt that they deserved to be set free temporarily.
By implication, Chief George, who turns 64 years on November 21, may spend his next birthday in prison.
