A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, on Thursday, granted bail to the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris.
Justice Adeyemi Ajayi in his ruling adopted all the terms and conditions of the administrative bail granted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
According to Ajayi, “In line with the due process and supremacy of the law, the defendants are still entitled to bail, irrespective of the enormity of the allegations against them.
“The EFCC did not in any of its processes, state that the defendants misbehaved while on administrative bail.”
Justice Ajayi added that as part of their bail conditions, the defendants must remain within the FCT, and must seek consent before travelling out.
The court also ordered the defendants to sign an affidavit promising to follow all of their bail terms.
They are to deposit their passports before the court and also undertake that they would not procure alternative passports during the pendency of their trial.
The court also ruled that the defendants must remain in Kuje correctional facility until they perfect the bail conditions.
Idris was arrested in Kano in May after he failed to honour invitations by the EFCC to answer questions over the allegation of N80 billion fraud.
Idris was suspended indefinitely two days later “without pay” by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed.
The suspended AGF was last Friday arraigned on a 14-count charge alongside Godfrey Olusegun Akindele and Mohammed Kudu Usman, and a firm — Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited.
