Former Governor of Jigawa State, Ibrahim Saminu Turaki was yesterday granted a fresh bail by the Abuja division of the Federal High Court in the sum of N500 million .
Besides, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba directed that the former governor must produce two sureties in the sum of N250 million each.
Turaki was re- arrainged before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 32 count charge bordering on money laundering offences.
The ex- governor who pleaded not guilty to all the counts moved an oral application for bail through his counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN) to released him on pending trial.
Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), had last Thursday granted bail to Turaki, who was in the custody of the EFCC.
No stringent conditions were attached to the bail granted him by Justice Halilu, other than asking him to submit his travelling documents.
However, in the fresh bail, the trial judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba held that the sureties should either be a businessman, private person or a civil servant not below the level of director and must have a landed property within the FCT or any of the Satellite towns in Abuja.
The Judge added that the sureties must deposit their evidence of tax payment from the Federal Inland Revenue Service.
He further held that the defendant must deposit his travel documents with the court’s registrar and must report to the headquarter of the EFCC every first working day of every month.
Justice Dimgba also held that the defendant should be remanded in Kuje prison pending the satisfaction of the bail condition.
The court later adjourned the case till September 19, a date which the Federal High Court, Dutse had earlier fixed.
The matter will now be continued before Justice Sabi’u Yahuza of the Dutse Federal High Court.
Turaki was arraigned alongside three companies , INC Natural Resources Ltd, Apel Construction Ltd and Wide Heart Construction Ltd.
Immediately after his plea was taken, his counsel, Ahmed Raji SAN moved an oral application prayed the court to grant his client bail on ground that the defendant is not an ordinary citizen as he had ruled a state for 8 years.
