Even without ruling on an oral motion for bail, Justice E. S Chukwu of the Federal High Court, Maitama Abuja today released the trio of Imaobong Akon Esu-Nte ,an accountant with the Nigeria Prisons Service; Olukolade Olabamiji, a businessman and Mohammed Abdulkadir to their counsel, Titus Olasupo Ashaolu, SAN despite protest from the prosecution counsel, Aso Larry Peters. Before they were arraigned today, some of the accused persons had engaged the prosecution in a hide and seek game, deliberately making themselves unavailable for service. Surprisingly, when the matter was called, the accused persons were present. Conscious of the fact that failure to serve the accused with the charge before trial could be a bubby trap that might be exploited as possible grounds of appeal in the event of conviction, EFCC counsel, Peters, drew the court’s attention to the efforts of the Commission to ensure that the accused persons were duly served. Surprisingly, the trial judge told the...