A Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), granted bail of ₦500 million to the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on Friday.
Justice Emeka Nwite who presided over the case ordered that Bello must produce two sureties in like sum.
Remember that Justice Maryann Anineh of the FCT High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to grant bail to Yahaya Bello on the ground that his bail application was filed prematurely. However, there are two cases filed against Yahaya Bello by the EFCC and are presided over by two different judges.
Justice Nwite said as part of the bail conditions, the two sureties must swear to an affidavit of means and must be owners of Properties in Abuja.
In addition, the title documents of the properties, which must be in Abuja, will be verified by the Deputy Chief Registrar of the court.
Justice Nwite ordered that the ex-governor must deposit his international passport with the court, while he and his two sureties are also to deposit two recent passport photographs with the court.
He also ruled that Bello be remanded in the Kuje Correctional Center in Abuja pending the perfection of his bail conditions.
Bello pleaded not guilty to the alleged ₦80 billion fraud levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
EFCC had arraigned Bello before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja on a 19-count charge, bordering on alleged money laundering.
