The
Federal High Court in Abuja has granted a N600 million bail to the previous
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, Dr. Haliru Bello and
his son, Abba. the 2 face a 4-count criminal charge bordering on alleged N300
million fraud.
The
presiding choose, Justice Ahmed Mohammed delivering judgment on their bail
application, ordered the pair to pay N300million each alongside 2 sureties each in equal sum.
One
of the persons to stand surety for the previous PDP chairman should be a
Director in a federal government establishment or any of its agencies whereas
the son was requested to provide somebody not below grade level 12 to stand
surety for him.
Justice
Mohammed instructed that the second surety should be an owner of landed
property in Abuja the worth nothing less than 300 million and that the title of
such property should be verified and given to the court registrar throughout
the duration of the trial.
The
accused persons were additionally asked to surrender their international
passports to the court until the bail terms is cleared. The court ordered that
Abba ought to be remanded in jail custody, while the ex-PDP boss stay in
hospital however placed underneath police watch. Hearing on the fraud charges begins
on 16th February .
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