A chief magistrate court in Port Harcourt has granted bail
to the two Caverton Helicopters pilots who were arrested and detained over
alleged illegal flight operations in Rivers state.
Samuel Ugorji and Samuel Buhari, the pilots were arrested
and charged to court on April 7 on the orders of Nyesom Wike, governor of the
state.
At the resumed court hearing, Ihua-Maduenyi, the chief
magistrate, granted bail to the pilots after hearing the bail application moved
by Nwokedi Ibe, counsel to the defendants.
In the bail application dated April 8, 2020, but filed on
April 9, 2020, Ibe prayed the court to grant bail to his clients.
Zaccheus Adangor, the attorney general of Rivers state who
represented the prosecution, did not oppose the bail application.
However, he urged the court to impose stringent conditions
that would ensure the defendants attend their trial.
The chief magistrate granted bail to the pilots and ordered
them to produce a surety who must be a management staff of Caverton
Helicopters.
The surety must sign a bail bond of N1 million each for the
two pilots and must own a landed property in Port Harcourt.
The court also granted bail to 10 passengers flown into the
state by the two pilots.
As part of their bail conditions, the court ordered that
they should present two sureties who must also be management staff of Caverton
Helicopters.
The sureties must sign a bail bond of N500,000 for each of
the passengers and undertake to produce the persons in court on every date
fixed for trial.
Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, had faulted the arrest of
the pilots, stating that aviation matters are on the exclusive list of the
federal government.
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