After
spending five days in prison custody, the Federal High Court in Abuja, today,
granted the former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido bail on self-recognizance.
However,
Justice Gabriel Kolawole ordered
Lamido to surrender all his travelling
documents to the Deputy Chief Registrar of the court.
Similar,
the court, while granting bail to Lamido’s two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, and their
alleged accomplice, Wada Abubakar, ordered them to pay the sum of ₦25million
each.
They were
further asked to provide two sureties, one of who must be a civil servant not
below grade level 16.justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Kano Division of the High
Court had on July 9, remanded the ex-governor and his sons in prison after they
were arraigned over 28-court criminal charge that was entered against them by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).
They are facing
trial alongside one Wada Abubakar over alleged money laundering and illegal
diversion of public funds to the tune of ₦1.35billion.
Lamido was
egually alleged to have collected kickbacks from contractors in the state, with
the funds allegedly paid into accounts that were managed by his sons.
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