By Akinwale Kasali
Abubakar Malami, former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, alongside his son, Abdulaziz, and wife on Wednesday, secured N1.5billion bail from the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Justice Emeka Nwite, who presided over the Court ruling equally granted Malami’s wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe, who is also a defendant in the case, bail to the tune of N500 million.
It held that all the defendants must provide two sureties each in the like sum, who must be owners of landed properties in either Asokoro, Maitama or Gwarinpa districts of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
Justice Nwite ruled that aside from submission of title documents of the properties for verification, the defendants must surrender their travel passports.
More so, it held that the sureties must submit two of their recent passport photographs and equally depose to an affidavit of means.
The Court warned that the defendants must not travel outside the country without permission.
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