An
Abuja High Court has granted bail to the former Chairman of House of
Representative Ad Hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Payments, Farouk Lawan, and the
secretary of the committee, Boniface Emenalo. The two men were granted
bail this morning after being held in prison for about a week.
They
are being prosecuted by the Federal Government for collecting $620, 000 (N93m)
as bribe from business man, Femi Otedola, to remove his company, Zenon Oil,
from the list of indicted companies.
The
Judge, Mudashiru Oniyangi, granted them bail on the sum of N10m each and two
sureties each in like sum.
He
also directed them to submit their international passports with the court
registrar. He said they could only travel outside Nigeria with the
permission of the court.
According
to the judge, the decision to grant bail is based on the
discretionary powers of the court and the inability of the prosecution to file
a counter affidavit to the one filed by the accused persons detailing their
reasons for asking for bail.
Hearing
of the case has been fixed for April 10
and 17.
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