Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, granted bail to the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed.
Gatekeepers News reports that the presiding judge, Justice Adeyemi Ajayi, approved the bail request for Idris and his co-defendants upon terms and conditions given by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The defendants are being prosecuted on a 14-count charge of stealing and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N109, 485,572,691.9.
“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, stated that the defendants misbehaved while on administrative bail”, Ajayi ruled.
Ajayi also ordered that the defendants not leave the Federal Capital Territory without the court’s permission.
Justice Ajayi threatened to revoke the bail of any of them who fail to appear for trial.
The court also stated that the defendants shall sign an undertaken that they will abide by the bail conditions by the EFCC.
Justice Ajayi also orders that the defendants should not have and shall not procure alternate passports until the case is expensed, having deposited their original passports to the commission.
Ajayi gave the ruling on grounds that the allegations against the defendants are yet to be proven.
The other defendants were Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Kudu Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Ltd.
The trial commenced after the ruling on the bail application.
