JUST IN: Court grants Nasir el-Rufai N100m bail

The federal high court in Abuja on Monday granted bail to Nasir el-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna State.

The bail was set at N100 million with one surety of like sum.

Delivering the ruling, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik stated that the surety must reside in either Maitama or Asokoro in Abuja and must deposit the original Certificate of Occupancy for a landed property at the court registry.

The court also directed that the surety must be a federal civil servant not below Grade Level 17 and provide evidence of salary payments for at least three months.

Additionally, the documents must be authenticated by a letter from the surety’s bank manager within the court’s jurisdiction.

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