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B. CONDITIONS OF BAIL GRANTED MALLAM NASIR EL-RUFAI BY THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT ABUJA ON 18TH MAY, 2026 (Source: CTC of Court Ruling)
After the prosecution did not oppose granting of bail to the defendant, the Presiding Judge ruled thus:
"I am inclined to admit the Defendant to bail subject to the fulfillment of the conditions herein set out in this ruling thus:-
1. To the sum of One Hundred Million Naira with one surety in like sum.
2. The Proposed Surety shall reside in his developed landed property within the metropolis of this Court, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, specifically at Maitama or Asokoro in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; and shall be deposited at the Registry of this Court's Judicial Division, the original title deeds, to wit, Certificate of Occupancy.
3. The Proposed Surety shall be a Federal Civil Servant within the Judicial Division of this Honourable Court of not less than G/L. 17 and shall affix evidence of receipt of his/her salary for not less than three months. These documents shall be further authenticated by a letter from the recipient Bank Manager within this Court Judicial Division.
4. The Proposed Surety shall depose an Affidavit of Means, enter into bond to forfeit his/her bail bond, should the Defendant/Applicant jump bail as well as deposit his/her recent passport photo at Court's Registry.
5. The Defendant/ Applicant shall deposit his valid International Passports at the Registry of this Court's Judicial Division.
6. A verification letter from the Proposed Surety immediate Head of Department, letter of Pensionable Employment, and Promotion Letter to the required grade level shall be deposited at the Registry of this Court's Judicial Division.
7. The Proposed Surety shall also deposit his/her Tax Clearance Certificate for a period of six months to date at the Registry of his Court's judicial division.
8. The Defendant shall at the last Friday of every month till the determination of this case, save by leave of this Honorable Court, appear at the Headquarters of the State Security Service, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, at 10am to endorse/sign a Register of attendance, in default of which his bail shall be automatically revoked without more.
9. The Defendant shall further deposit at the Registry of this Court's Judicial Division an attestation from the Chairman of the Kaduna State Traditional Rulers Council as well as two other members of the Council.
10. Finally, all these aforementioned documents furnished by the surety shall be further authenticated by the DCR Litigation of this Honourable Court, the Learned Senior Prosecution Counsel on record as well as the Learned Senior Counsel for the Defendant / Applicant on record on their letterhead paper."
Let me add - and it is instructive - that, the NBA President in his statement posited inter alia that: "The consequence (of certain conditions attached to bail) is that many persons who are constitutionally presumed innocent and have ostensibly been granted bail remain incarcerated because the conditions attached to their release are beyond their reach."
While this relates to many Nigerians in similar circumstances, it is pertinent to state that several weeks after the above bails were granted Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, he remains in detention simply because he is unable to meet some of the bail conditions stipulated above.
In Closing
Caveat: This submission is not a violation of neither is it intended to violate the bail condition No. 5 stipulated by the Federal High Court Kaduna which states that: "The 1st defendant shall ensure that neither him, his counsel, his supporters or associates make any public comments to the press or other channels of communication such as the social media about the various proceedings in this trial until the conclusion of this trial."
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@MasterBolaji Some people can spit rubbish on suit sha.... you can't track the sender but innocent citizens who know nothing.... indeed our educational system only thought us how to speak English
VeryDarkMan makes some sh0kcing revelations about Livinus arr£st by the DSS😳🙆🏼♂️💔
VDM: “Livinus Nwosu has been released but there’s a problem, he sent me some messages after his release from DSS custody, according to the message, DSS picked him up because of me and they are trying to find out when I will be back in Nigeria, they also asked livinus to write my name and Tunde Ednut name on a paper as sponsors preaching to the masses on voters card registration and sensitisation”
VDM also shared his plane ticket showing exactly when he’ll arrive in Abuja so they can arr£st him 🙆🏼♂️💔💔
106 days since elrufai lawfully submitted himself to the ICPC but @icpcnigeria chose to set bad precedent for citizen not to lawfully submitted themselves 4scrutiny
Democracy thrives on justice, not indefinite detention-El-Rufai should be tried in a competent court or released
@justhim35@de_generalnoni@NigeriaStories Don't mind him. The school fees for government primary school is is not morethan 5k in many states some self N1,500 and he is saying rubbish
@de_generalnoni@NigeriaStories Only APC and textbook fake accountant remove fuel subsidy, increase everything by 500% including school fees,transport fees. Introduced new tax system but Crying everyday for money.
Where did Awolowo and jakande got the funds to Introduced free education in West b4 tax man
@Waspapping_ Indeed that will be it's biggest challenge.
The only person I believed he can beable to sell OBi to the north 50/50 successfully is mallam elrufai
ADC is really missing Mallam El-Rufai right now. If he were still fully in the picture, some of this current nonsense would’ve been handled differently. Amma khairan in sha Allah.
@MayorOfNasarawa I believed the reason why Atiku has not gotten the support from northern brothers to become president, the way they do for sardauna, Buhari and the way they will do for Elrufai it's because of Atiku marriage with Southerners and Christians. And he is paying duly for it.