BUSTED!! Abuja Big Boy, Shamsudeen Bala, Remanded In Prison

Government High Court in Abuja has requested that Shamsudeen Bala, child of previous Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Bala Mohammed, be remanded in Kuje jail, Abuja.

Equity Nnamdi Dimgba who gave the request yesterday, said Shamsudeen ought to stay in care till Friday when the court will govern on whether to give him safeguard or not, in view of confirmation.

The judge gave the request not long after tuning in to contentions on his safeguard application.

The safeguard application was contended after Shamsudeen was summoned on a 15-tally charge of illegal tax avoidance brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The ex-clergyman's child was blamed for washing N1,105,719,005 in 2015. Plus, he was accused of false resources revelation.

The Abuja enormous kid was said to have done money exchanges past the cutoff set by Money Laundering Act. He was likewise said to have neglected to proclaim his advantages when he finished the EFCC Asset Declaration Form A.

He purportedly disguised four of his records domiciled at Standard Chartered Bank. The records were given as 0001857597, 5001214708, 0000895037 and 000895020.

Contending his customer's safeguard application, Shamsudeen 's legal counselor, Chris Uche (SAN) battled that the charges against Bala were bailable.

EFCC legal counselor Ben Ikani contradicted the safeguard proceed onward the grounds that the respondent would escape from trial if allowed safeguard.

Ikani, who said the charges against the respondent draw in up to 7 years jail term on conviction, contended that he was not qualified for safeguard, passing by his predecessors from when he was captured.

In the wake of tuning in to contentions for and against the safeguard application, Justice Dimgba suspended till February 3 for decision on safeguard, and March 27 for initiation of trial.

He requested that Shamsudeen be kept in Kuje jail pending the decision.