A federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Maitama has
granted bail to Ahmed Idris, suspended accountant-general of the federation.
In a ruling delivered on Thursday, Adeyemi Ajayi, the judge,
adopted all the terms and conditions of the administrative bail granted by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
“In line with the due process and supremacy of the law, the
defendants are still entitled to bail, irrespective of the enormity of the
allegations against them,” Ajayi said.
“The EFCC did not in any of its processes, stated that the
defendants misbehaved while on administrative bail.”
The judge added that as part of their conditions for bail,
the defendants must remain within the FCT, and must seek consent before
travelling out.
The defendants were also ordered to sign an affidavit
promising to follow all of their bail terms.
They are to deposit their passports before the court and
also undertake that they would not procure alternative passports during the
pendency of their trial.
Adeyemi said the defendants must remain in Kuje correctional
facility until they perfect the bail conditions.
In May, Idris was arrested in Kano after he failed to
respond to invitations by the commission to answer questions over the
allegation of N80 billion fraud.
Two days later, Idris was suspended indefinitely “without
pay” by Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning.
Last Friday, Idris was arraigned on a 14-count charge
alongside Godfrey Olusegun Akindele and Mohammed Kudu Usman, and a firm —
Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited.
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