How Hadi Sirika, the former minister under Buhari, was freed on bail amid allegations of ₦2.7 billion in fraud

According to Vanguage News, Hadi Sirika, the former minister of aviation under former president Muhammadu Buhari, has been granted N100 million in bail through the federal high court docket in Abuja. The same bail amount was also granted in court to his daughter Fatimah, as well as to Jalal Hamma and Al-Duraq Investment Ltd. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed charges against them, claiming ₦2.7 billion in fraud. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>

Quoting the courtroom’s stipulation, sureties with landed properties in Abuja, who are accountable Nigerian residents, ought to be supplied by way of the accused folks. These sureties are required to submit a testimony of means. The courtroom additionally forbade the defendants from leaving the U.S. without permission and warned that they would stay in jail custody if the bail situations had not been met.

The fees against Sirika and others contain allegations of abusing his office by way of awarding contracts to his daughter, son-in-law, and associates. In April, Sirika was arrested and detained by the EFCC, where he was interrogated about approximately diverse problems, consisting of the Nigeria Air venture, alleged diversion of the public budget, settlement inflation, and conspiracy at some point in his tenure.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>