Embattled Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore, has been charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria was arraigned on two count charge bordering on corrupt offers to public officers before Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court.
Shashore, however, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge bordering on corrupt offices contrary to Section 9(1)(a)(b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2020.
Following his plea of not guilty, EFCC Counsel, Bala Sanga, requested for a trial date to prove the allegation against him.
Meanwhile, Shasore counsel, Yemi Candide-Johnson, SAN, applied for his bail on liberal terms or on self-recognizance, arguing that Shasore, isn’t a flight risk and that the alleged offenses are bailable.
Reacting to the request, the EFCC Counsel, Bala Sanga, SAN, didn’t object to the bail application but prayed the court to give condition that will ensure that he attend his trial.
In her ruling, Justice Dada granted him bail and released him to his counsel with a promise to undertake to present him to court during the trial.
The matter was subsequently adjourned till December 6, for commencement of trial.
