A Federal High Court in Abuja has admitted Senator Rochas Okorocha to a N500 million bail with one surety in like sum. According to Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, the bail was a discretionary power of the court. Justice Ekwo said the surety, who must have a landed property within the jurisdiction of the court, must deposit the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of the verified property with the registry of the court.
While admitting the senator to a bail with a cautionary statement, the judge ordered that his international passport must be deposited to the registry of the court. He ordered the registry of the court to inform the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) about the state of Okorocha’s travel documents. He further ordered the lawmaker not to travel outside the country except with the leave of the court.
Ekwo also granted Okorocha’s co-defendant, Anyim Nyerere Chinenye, a bail in the terms of the administrative bail earlier granted to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The matter has been adjourned until Nov. 7, Nov. 8, Nov. 9, Nov. 10 and Nov. 11 for trial.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Okorocha is the current senator representing Imo West Senatorial District.
Okorocha, who is the 1st defendant, was arraigned alongside Chinenye, Naphtali International Limited, Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited, Consolid Projects Consulting Limited, Pramif International Limited, and Legend World Concepts Limited as 2nd to 7th defendants respectively.
