The Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos on Monday granted Azeez Lawal, popularly known as Kunle Poly, N1 million bail.

Kunle Poly, who is the Lagos Island Branch B chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, is charged with murder alongside one Adekanbi Wahab.

Chief Magistrate Linda Balogun said the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) advised that a prima facie case had been established against the defendants.

According to Mrs Balogun, Kunle Poly is to be tried for accessory after the fact to murder, while Mr Wahab will face trial for membership of an unlawful society.

She added that the DPP advised that three other defendants, whose names were mentioned in the advice but charged separately from the two defendants, should be discharged.

She transferred the case to a high court.

A lawyer from the DPP, O. R. Saliu had told the court that the legal advice was ready and in the court’s file.

Following an application by counsel to both defendants, Adeshina Okulana, who told the court that the defendants had been in custody for 78 days, the chief magistrate granted each of them N1 million bail.

Mrs Balogun also ordered that the defendants should produce two sureties each as part of the bail condition, with one of the sureties being a traditional or religious leader, and that both sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction.

She held that a self-employed person would not stand as the surety, and any civil servant wishing to do so must get a letter from the Head of Service of Lagos.

Mrs Balogun adjourned the case until May 11 for a report on filing of the case at a high court.

(NAN)