Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno) has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja for an order releasing his building’s Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) used as bail bond in the release of Abdulrasheed Maina from Kuje Prison, following his rearrest after he jumped bail in September 2020. Ndume’s Lawyer, Marcel Oru, urged Justice Okon Abang, on […]
Sen. Ali Ndume has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja for an order releasing his building’s Certificate of Occupancy used as bail bond in the release of Abdulrasheed Maina from Kuje Prison, following his rearrest after he jumped bail in September 2020.
Ndume is currently Chairman, Senate Committee on Army at the National Assembly. When the matter was called, Counsel to Ndume informed the court that he had a pending application dated and filed on Dec. 15, 2020. However, Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Mohammed Abubakar, opposed the application. Abubakar argued that the court had no jurisdiction to entertain the suit since the matter was already before the Court of Appeal.
However, Oru said that though there was no date fixed for the appeal now, he said: “whichever way the appeal goes will not affect this application” before justice Abang. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Abang, the trial judge, had, on Jan. 28, 2020, varied Maina’s bail from N1 billion to N500 million, following his inability to meet the earlier terms which he considered too stringent.
However, on June 23, 2020, the then Maina’s Counsel, Joe Gadzama, SAN, announced to the court that Ndume, who represents Borno South where Maina hails from, had decided to stand as a surety for the former pension reformed boss. He also told the court that some prominent Nigerians prevailed on him to stand as Maina’s surety. This development made the Counsel to the EFCC, Mohammed Abubakar, to ask the court, on Nov. 18, 2020, to revoke Maina’s bail, issue a warrant for his arrest and continue his trial in absentia.
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