Popular Nigerian boxer, and World Boxing Federation (WBF) Cruiserweight boxing champion, Bash Ali (OON), is currently cooling his heels at a Kuje, Abuja prison.
NigerianEye gathered on Monday morning through a text message.
The text message reads thus: “The labour of our heroes shall not be in vain. I have been in Kuje Prison since Thursday without food and with tough criminals because I said ‘No’ to corruption at a Bank (name withheld). My court case is March 5. A revolution has started. Champ Bash Ali, OON.”
When our correspondent reached the boxer after several attempts on phone, he further revealed the genesis of his ordeal. “The Executive Director, Customer Services, of the bank invited me on Wednesday, but to my shock, he was not there, so he told me to wait.
“While waiting, the Managing Director of the Bank, came and ordered the security to beat us. The head of one of the LOC members of Bash Ali Guinness Book of World Records fight, was broken. It was from there we were taken to SARS and detained and now I’m at Kuje Prison,” the champ said with a tinge of regret.
“On Thursday we were arraigned at the Magistrate’s Court, Cotonou Street at Wuse Zone 6. At the end of the proceedings the Chief Magistrate agreed to grant me bail of N1 million with surety of a Level 10 Federal worker, which I refused. This forced the police to remand me at Kuje Prison till 4 March when the case will come up again.
“Fellow Nigerians, is this how we will allow corruption to continue in our dear country?” said Bash Ali through a text message he sent out at the weekend.
NE gathered from a police source that Bash Ali is being tried for criminal trespass, obstruction in public way, wrongful restraint and criminal intimidation, contrary to Sections 79, 85, 348, 194, 266 and 397 of penal code.
The source said that Ali was arrested on Wednesday at about 2p.m after one Mr. Bisong Peter of NEXIM Bank reported him at the Central Police Station. He was arrested alongside five others when he trespassed into the premises on the bank, using a bus to block the entrance into the building, thereby restricting staff from getting into their offices.
The earlier you forget your fake 'Bash Ali Guinness Book of World Records fight' the better for you. You are still holding this fake title for the past donkey years and no challenger.
ReplyDeleteMust you display your stupidity in public? What does his quest for a world record have to do with this story?
DeleteHow can this be corruption? Must NE drag Jonathan into every negative report? Your staff should be trained on how to report.
ReplyDeleteIs Jonathan's name Corruption? I can't remember reading Jonathan's name in that report. Na wa for una oo, na una sabi oooooooo!!!
DeleteI tire o, Maybe Jonathan's middle name is corruption> Goodluck Corruption Jonathan
DeleteBash Ali should be sincere to tell Nigerians what his offences were. I wonder if cell phones are allowed at Kuje Prison
ReplyDeleteNE, the title should have been: "Notorious Nigerian Boxer..." not Popular...
ReplyDeleteIf somebody is blocking the entrance to a bank with a bus, its an offence. However, that should not lead to prison if the bank security asked him to remove his vehicles and he obeyed.
ReplyDeletewe really didn't know what transpired between them and so we can't judge.
We do not have details of this story as given here. Can NE do a better coverage of this news so Nigerians can know what precisely is going on with Bash?
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