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The running battle between Nigeria’s World Boxing Federation, WBF, cruiserweight boxing champion, Bashiru Lawrence Ali, a.k.a. Bash Ali (OON) and the Managing Director of NEXIM Bank, Robert Orya has landed the Edo State-born pugilist in Kuje Prison in Abuja.

Bash Ali has several times alleged that Orya demanded a bribe of $10 million out of the $30m which President Goodluck Jonathan had asked the bank to release to the Local Organising Committee, LOC, of the Guinness Book of World Records fight which the boxer plan to stage in Nigeria.

Bash Ali said: “On Wednesday, 18 February, NEXIM Bank’s Executive Director, Customer Service, Bashir Wali invited me for a chat, while waiting, the MD, Robert Orya, who on 6 May 6, 2014 asked for a private chat which I turned down drove in, saw me and members of the LOC and ordered security to beat us up. The security men broke the head of our driver and damaged the vehicle.”

According to the boxer, he and some members of the LOC were arrested by the police and taken to the Federal Secretariat Command of the force in Abuja and were later transferred to the FCT Command before being finally taken to SARS on the same Wednesday.

“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.

P.M.NEWS Sports 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.

diluminati:
abeg leave that dude for one corner, we have more serious issues to talk about, he was arrested for public nuisance, and just pay bail and some bribe and he would be out

berem:
What a way to end his career.

Too bad! I hope something is done about it

pendy79:
berem this man's career ended years ago. he is just looking for his pension from Nigeria, which Boxing organisation will even take him as a serious contender. this is a fight that has been on the dream not even pipeline for more 12years if im not mistaken.

He has no fight to fight, na the money he dey find.

he wan collect his own campaign money now

berem:
but that Oryo guy is greedy o! $10million bribe out of $30million?

Chai!

Viktor1983:
#FreeBashAli

pendy79:
lalasticlala, seun, obinoscopy lets start some public awareness to free bash ali from jail o.

seems someone have been played a long thing, GEJ promised this man that his proposed boxing match will be sponsored by government and even gave him a National Honour last year, why are they now rejecting him and sending him to jail now.

may them free my uncle o, he plans to die on the boxing ring not Kuje prison.

igbsam:
Lmao

The truth is dat GEJ don knack Bash Ali akpako....He only promised him by words from his mouth and not the physical action. Bash Ali don enter one chance.

pendy79:
then GEJ don't know Bash Ali, verbal consent is like money in the bag for him. He should ask obasanjo and Raymond dokpesi about Bash Ali the greatest.

the man wants his pension

berem:
Does FG pay pension to boxers that he so wants the money so badly? Well $20million if judicially used is ok for pension.

pendy79:
Once he sees $1million self, they wont see his rear light again. which kind fight is he planning for over 12years, the opponent self never retire or die ni?

free Bash Ali and his $30million o