The Former governor of Kaduna state, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has been granted bail in the sum of N100 million with one surety in like amount.

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik who granted the bail outlined strict conditions for the bail, stating that the surety must reside in either Maitama or Asokoro districts of Abuja and must deposit the original Certificate of Occupancy of a landed property with the court.

The court further directed that the surety must be a federal civil servant not below Grade Level 17 and provide proof of salary payments for at least three months.

Other strict conditions outlined in the bail conditions were that the surety must submit an affidavit of means, enter into a bail bond, and provide a recent passport photograph, along with a verification letter from their department and a tax clearance certificate covering the last six months.

For the former governor, the court ruled  that he must surrender all valid international passports to the court; report to the headquarters of the Department of State Services every last Friday of the month by 10 a.m. to sign an attendance register pending the determination of the case.

The court warned that any breach of these conditions would lead to an automatic revocation of the bail.

The former governor was arraigned over alleged tapping of the National Security Adviser’s phone.

He was brought to court  at about 8:55am, on Monday, by operatives of the Department of State Services and immediately cordoned off the surroundings of the court, thereby preventing journalists, staff and other users of the court premises from gaining access.

Daily Trust had reported that  a staff of the ICPC disclosed that the DSS operatives came to the anti-graft agency’s facility as early as 7:00am to pick up the defendant for arraignment in court.

“Yes, the ongoing case in court is not our case. They (DSS operatives) came to pick him here at about 7:00am in order to arraign him in court,” the source said.

With additional report from Daily Trust Newspaper