News: Lamido and his two sons secured bail

 

 Five days after they were remanded in Prison custody, respite came the way of former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha,  yesterday, as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja released them on bail.

In a ruling yesterday, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, who is sitting as a vacation judge, granted bail to Lamido on self recognizance, noting that he was a former governor.

Justice Kolawole, however, ordered his sons and their alleged accomplice, Wada Abubakar, to deposit N25 million each.

All the accused persons, including Lamido, were also directed to surrender their passports and other  travelling documents to the Deputy Chief Registrar of the High Court.

Stressing that the documents would be transferred to the Kano Division of the court where the accused persons were initially arraigned and remanded on July 9, Justice Kolawole said his reason for seizing Lamido’s passport was not to in any way inhibit him from travelling abroad, but to enable the court  monitor his movements.

Vanguard.