National Security Breach: Court Grants El-Rufai N100m Bail With Tough Conditions
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has been granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja in the sum of N100 million over allegations bordering on breach of national security.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, while delivering ruling on the bail application on Monday, outlined several strict conditions the former governor must satisfy before regaining freedom, PulseNets learned.
According to details obtained by PulseNets, the court directed El-Rufai to provide one surety in like sum. The surety, the court held, must reside within either Maitama or Asokoro districts of Abuja and must deposit the original Certificate of Occupancy of a landed property with the court registry.
The court further ruled that the surety must be a federal civil servant not below Grade Level 17 and must present evidence of salary payments for a minimum of three months. The evidence, PulseNets learnt, must be authenticated through a letter issued by the manager of a bank operating within the jurisdiction of the court.
Justice Abdulmalik also ordered that the surety must depose to an affidavit of means, execute a bail bond and submit a recent passport photograph to the court registry.
As part of the bail terms, the former Kaduna governor was ordered to surrender all valid international passports to the court.
PulseNets reported that the court equally directed the submission of a verification letter from the surety’s immediate department, alongside a tax clearance certificate covering the last six months.
In addition, Justice Abdulmalik ordered El-Rufai to report to the headquarters of the Department of State Services every last Friday of the month by 10 a.m. to sign an attendance register pending the determination of the matter before the court.
The judge warned that any violation of the bail conditions would result in an automatic revocation of the bail granted to the defendant.
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The court also directed El-Rufai to submit a letter of attestation from the Chairman of the Kaduna Traditional Council, according to information obtained by PulseNets.
The Federal High Court further ordered an accelerated hearing in the criminal charge filed against the former governor by the Nigerian government.
