Olabode George may be released Saturday.
There are strong indications that the incarcerated chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olabode George, would be released on Saturday.
He was sentenced to two years imprisonment, alongside five others, by an Ikeja High Court on Oct. 27, 2009, without an option of fine.
George, Aminu Dabo former Managing Director of the NPA Olusegun Abidoye; Abdullahi Tafida; Zanna Maidaribe and Sule Aliyu, were convicted on charges of abuse of office and award of about N100 billion contracts without due process.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on Aug. 8, 2008 arraigned George and the others on a 163-count charge—later reduced to 68-- to which they all pleaded not guilty.
The convicts were said to have inflated contract prices, contrary to Section 22 (3) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
Spokesman for Nigerian Prisons Service, Lagos Command, Ope Fatiniku, however, said no official pronouncement had been made over their release.
According to him, the prison authority does not disclose the programme of the release of an inmate for security reasons.
Efforts to get comments from the Deputy Controller of Prisons, Ailewon Noel, who is directly responsible for George and the other five convicts proved abortive.
Relations and friends of George were eagerly awaiting his return home and are planning elaborate receptions meant to shake Lagos.
A PDP stalwart and its Senatorial candidate for Lagos West Constituency, Moshool Salvador, said George deserved a rousing welcome by party loyalists.
Meanwhile the Georges family house in Lagos is in festive mood in expectation of the arrival of their son, a former military governor of Ondo State and also a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP.
There are strong indications that the incarcerated chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olabode George, would be released on Saturday.
He was sentenced to two years imprisonment, alongside five others, by an Ikeja High Court on Oct. 27, 2009, without an option of fine.
George, Aminu Dabo former Managing Director of the NPA Olusegun Abidoye; Abdullahi Tafida; Zanna Maidaribe and Sule Aliyu, were convicted on charges of abuse of office and award of about N100 billion contracts without due process.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on Aug. 8, 2008 arraigned George and the others on a 163-count charge—later reduced to 68-- to which they all pleaded not guilty.
The convicts were said to have inflated contract prices, contrary to Section 22 (3) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
Spokesman for Nigerian Prisons Service, Lagos Command, Ope Fatiniku, however, said no official pronouncement had been made over their release.
According to him, the prison authority does not disclose the programme of the release of an inmate for security reasons.
Efforts to get comments from the Deputy Controller of Prisons, Ailewon Noel, who is directly responsible for George and the other five convicts proved abortive.
Relations and friends of George were eagerly awaiting his return home and are planning elaborate receptions meant to shake Lagos.
A PDP stalwart and its Senatorial candidate for Lagos West Constituency, Moshool Salvador, said George deserved a rousing welcome by party loyalists.
Meanwhile the Georges family house in Lagos is in festive mood in expectation of the arrival of their son, a former military governor of Ondo State and also a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP.
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