The
embattled former minister of Interior who has been facing trial over
his involvement in the Immigration recruitment scam, has gotten some
temporal relief as bail comes his way.
Abba Moro
Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court in Abuja has
granted bail to former interior minister, Abba Moro, who is facing
charges over the 2014 tragic Nigeria Immigration recruitment in which
more than a dozen job seekers died.
According to Premium Times, Mr. Moro was given bail on self-recognition, and without conditions.
The judge said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission failed to prove that Mr. Moro would interfere with his trial.
The judge however ruled that two other defendants should pay N100
million each with a surety in like sum. The sureties must be of the
directorate cadre in the civil service.
The sureties and the defendants are to submit two recent passports
as well as their international passports, and the sureties must also
have landed properties worth the amount in any part of the country.
They are accused of defrauding 676, 675 applicants of the sum of
N676, 675, 000, being the aggregate of N1000 paid by each applicant to
Drexel ahead of the recruitment.
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