The Abuja High Court granted bail to the former Chairman of the House of Representative Ad Hoc Committee on fuel subsidy payments, Farouk Lawan, and his secretary of the committee, Boniface Emenalo.
They are prosecuted by the Federal Government for collecting bribe of $620, 000 from an Oil business man, Femi Otedola, to remove his company, Zenon Oil, from the list of indicted companies of the Oil Subsidy Scam.
They were Remanded in prison for about a week now but today Friday 8th February, Judge, Mudashiru Oniyangi, granted them bail on the sum of N10 million each and two sureties each in like sum.
He also instructed them to submit their international passports with the court registrar, thereby they can only travel outside Nigeria with the permission of the court.
He also instructed them to submit their international passports with the court registrar, thereby they can only travel outside Nigeria with the permission of the court.
The Judge through his Judicial powers of the court and the inability of the prosecution to file a counter affidavit to the one filed by the accused persons detailing their reasons for asking for bail therefore Approved it.
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