Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s in-law, John Abebe, has been granted bail in a $4 million fraud case.
The younger brother of late Stella Obasanjo was granted the bail by the Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos on Thursday.
Abebe is facing a four-count charge of forgery, fabricating evidence, using fabricated evidence and attempt to pervert the cause of justice slammed on him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
He, however, denied the charges during his arraignment on July 26 and was remanded for a week at the Ikoyi Prisons by Justice Mojisola Dada.
At Thursday’s bail proceedings, Kanu Agabi (SAN), Abebe’s lawyer, via a bail application dated July 25 and supported by an 11-paragraph affidavit, asked the court to grant Abebe bail.
Granting Abebe bail, Justice Dada noted that documents before her revealed that investigations had been concluded in the case, adding that the chances of interference in the proceedings from the defendant were low.
Justice Dada adjourned the case until October 23, 24 and October 25 for trial.
