The High Court sitting in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja has granted Taraba State former governor, Darius Ishaku, bail on the condition of paying N150 million and two Sureties in like sum.
It added that the two sureties must be residents in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with their house addresses verified by the registrar of the court.
Aside from that, the court mandated that one of the sureties must be a director with the Federal Civil Service.
The ruling came days after the former governor was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a ₦27bn alleged fraud.
Ruling on the bail application before the court, Justice Sylvanus Oriji barred the former governor and his co-defendant, Bello Hero, from traveling abroad except with the court’s permission.
During the hearing, the EFCC, through its counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, did not oppose the bail request of the former governor.
Jacobs stated that the anti-graft agency had granted the ex-governor administrative bail and he did not jump the bail.
Justice Oriji subsequently fixed November 4, 5, and 13 for the commencement of the trial.
Ishaku, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was governor of Taraba State from May 2015 to May 2023.
