A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted former Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, and his two sons, bail.
Mr. Lamido and his sons are facing money laundering charges, brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
They were arraigned last week in Kano, and were later remanded pending their bail application hearing on September 28.
The Lamidos were however transferred secretly to Kuje prison in Abuja on Monday, ahead of a court hearing Tuesday, after another judge was assigned to consider the bail application.
The new judge, Gabriel Kolawole, said the bail was granted based on self-recognition of Mr. Lamido as a former governor of Jigawa State.
Mr. Lamido, his two sons, and one other accused person, Abubakar Wada, were admitted to a N25 million bail bond each, in addition to a requirement that they submit their travel passport to the court.
The court also directed that they provide two sureties each, one of which must be a civil servant of grade level 16 or retired as such, or a businessman who owns a landed property not worth less that N75 million in Abuja or Jigawa state.
The sureties must also provide two recent passport photographs.
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