The Court of Appeal for Ontario has upheld a lower court’s decision to deny bail to Adeyanju Olaniran, rejecting his N155 million bail bond.
Olaniran, alongside Timothy Balogun and Rachel O’Connor, is sought for extradition by the United States to face charges in the State of Arkansas.
The trio is accused of orchestrating a complex fraud to intercept shipments of medical supplies from distributors and client pharmacies.
The alleged scheme involved using couriers to acquire the shipments unlawfully, reselling the supplies for profit, and laundering the proceeds through digital transfers to bank accounts they controlled.
Justice J. Mirza of the Ontario Superior Court, who initially ordered their detention, stated he was satisfied that the evidence—both circumstantial and direct—was sufficient for a jury to reasonably infer each respondent’s involvement. The Court of Appeal’s rejection of bail signifies a high risk of flight, ensuring they remain in custody until the extradition process is complete.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
