Sani Umar Dangaladima, member of the house of
representatives representing Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji federal constituency,
has withdrawn as surety for Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, who is standing
trial for money laundering.
Faisal, who was granted bail in the sum of N60 million, has
refused to attend trial since November 24, 2020.
Consequently, the court had ordered Dangaladima, who stood
as Faisal’s surety, to show cause why he shouldn’t forfeit the bail bond.
The surety, through his counsel, also filed an application seeking to withdraw his contract with the defendant.
At the court session on Thursday, Okon Abang, judge of a
federal high court in Abuja, granted the surety’s application.
The judge then ordered Dangaladima to forfeit his house
worth N60 million to the federal government over the failed suretyship.
Meanwhile, Mohammed Abubakar, counsel to the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), informed the court that Faisal has fled to
the United States.
He said despite the fact that the defendant’s Nigerian and
American passports are in the court’s custody, Faisal was able to sneak out of
Nigeria to the Republic of Niger, from where he was able to proceed to the USA.
But Anayo Adibe, Faisal’s counsel, said he feared for the
life of his client as the commission has refuted its earlier statement that
Faisal had been apprehended and is in police custody in Sokoto.
He urged the court to order a probe to ascertain the
whereabouts of his client.
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