Photo:Suspended AGF Ahmed Idris
The FCT High Court trying Nigeria’s suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed and his co defendants, on Thursday, admitted the defendants to bail.
The court held that In line with the rule of law, the defendants were entitled to bail in spite of the weighty allegations leveled against them.
It said this was more so that the prosecution did not mention that the defendants misbehaved while in EFCC custody and the allegations against them were yet to be proven.
Delivering ruling on their bail application, the trial judge, Justice Adeyemi Ajayi ordered that the defendants shall not leave the Federal Capital Territory without the court’s permission.
The Judge also threatened to revoke the bail of any of them who failed to appear for trial.
She also ordered that the defendants shall sign an undertaking that they would abide by the bail on terms and conditions given by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The Judge also held that,having deposited their original passports with the EFCC,. the defendants should not have and shall not procure alternate passports until the case was expensed,
Periscope International reports that the court began the trial of the defendants immediately after the ruling on application for their bail.
