Unwanted Sexual Advances Trial: Court Grants UNICAL Don N300m Bail
A detective with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the star witness in the continuous trial of Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, have both affirmed in court versus the University Don and his attorney, Barrister Sunny Anyanwu.
This is even as the court approved N250 million and N50 million bail respectively to the very first and 2nd accuseds in the event.
ICPC had actually arraigned Ndifon and Anyanwu on 4 modified count-charge verging on unwanted sexual advances and effort to perverse the reason for justice contrary to areas 8, 18 and 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and Section 182 of the Penal Code Cap. 532 Laws of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, 2006.
At the resumed trial, Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja gave Professor Ndifon bail “in the interest of justice and medical ground”.
The conditions noted for the bail of the very first accused(Professor Cyril Ndifon) consist of N250 million and 2 sureties in like some, each of the sureties need to be owners of home within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with signed up titles with a minimum assessment of N150 million and submission of the sureties bank declarations.
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Other conditions consist of submission of the very first offender’s global passport which is to be transferred with the Registrar of the Court, filing of an affidavit of carrying out not to disrupt the prosecution witnesses and preparedness to deal with trial and not trigger hold-up to trial.
The 2nd offender, Barrister Sunny Anyanwu, was approved N50 million bail with other conditions comparable to that of the very first accused.
Far, 2 prosecution witnesses have actually affirmed in court in regard to the supposed sexual harassment and claims of effort to perverse the cause of justice leveled versus the University wear and his attorney.
The very first witness, a private investigator with the ICPC, had actually informed the court how the very first offender (Professor Ndifon) was detained following a petition of unwanted sexual advances, main corruption and abuse of workplace sent versus him.
She likewise informed the court that some naked images and videos of particular contacts (who were trainees of the very first accused) were discovered in his phone when his WhatsApp messaging application went through forensic assessment.
On her part, the 2nd Prosecution witness, determined as ‘TKJ’ (not genuine name) informed the Court that the very first accused had actually required for foreplay and her virginity in exchange for an admission into the Law degree program in the University.
She likewise told how the 2nd accused (Sunny Anyanwu) supposedly called her on phone to avoid the invite of the ICPC.
The trial has actually been adjourned to Monday, 12th of February, 2024 for extension of hearing.