NBA Firmly Stands: Insists on Free Bail
The Chairman of Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Olabisi Makanjuola, has called on lawyers to report any demands for money for bail at police stations.
Makanjuola said on Tuesday in Lagos that bail remained free by the provisions of the 1999 Constituion.
He said that the branch would do everything lawful to ensure that bail remained free in Lagos State.
He spoke on ways to maintain ethical and professional standards in the legal profession.
He said that the Lagos Branch of NBA would ensure that demands for money for bail at police stations in Lagos State would stop.
Our colleagues that go to the police formations always come back to lament that, often times, money is paid to secure bail of suspects.
“The point we are making is that it must stop; even if that is one thing we begin to get right.
“A clarion call to everybody out there is that where any officer demands money for bail, please reach out to us, and we will draw the attention of the commissioner of police.
He must live up to his promise; bail is free and bail must continue to be free,” the chairman said.
