Leadership (Abuja)
Kenny Odunukan
8 July 2008
Lagos — At last, the remains of the late Evangelist Sonny Okosuns, a musical icon, have eventually arrived Lagos despite the initial problems encountered by the family.
The body arrived yesterday at about 4.30 a.m. aboard a chartered Virgin Atlantic flight from the United States of America where the musician died weeks ago.
The body was received by officials of Ebony undertakers, the official undertakers handling Okosuns' burial.
LEADERSHIP investigations revealed that the corpse, which was brought into the country in a golden white casket, was taken to the Ebony Private Morgue ahead the funeral slated for between 17 and 18 July, 2008.
George Elijah-Otumu, Head of Media Committee of the Okosuns burial, confirmed the arrival of the corpse.
Meanwhile the former Chairman of the National Drug law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Alhaji Bello Lafiaji, and his personal Assistant, Usman Amali, were yesterday arraigned before a Lagos High Court on a five-count charge of corrupt enrichment court by Ayobami Adepoju, a legal officer with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Lafiaji and Amali in November 2005 or thereabouts in Lagos being public officers to wit, chairman of NDLEA and Special Assistant to the chairman of NDLEA respectively, in the discharge of their duties conspired within themselves to use their offices to confer corrupt advantage upon themselves.
This was by unlawfully receiving from Ikkena Onochie, a suspect in the NDLEA, the sum of 168,300 Euros being exhibit seized from Ikenna Onochie in order to release him and his vehicles from NDLEA custody.
The accused persons both pleaded not guilty to the charges just as their counsel, Professor. Taiwo Osipitan urged the court to grant them bail.
The ICPC prosecutor, while not opposing their bail, urged the court to impose tough conditions for bail so that the accused parsons would be compelled to come back and face trail.
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