Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, has been granted N50m bail on fresh money laundering charges.
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday also granted bail to the second defendant, Aliyu Abubakar.
The judge said he was adopting same terms and conditions of the bail earlier granted the defendants by Justice Idris Kutigi of the Gwagwalada Division of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on January 30.
The bail conditions include N50m and a surety each.
Justice Nyako added that the defendants should leave their passports with the FCT High Court.
The EFCC alleged that the defendants, in September 2013, made payments in naira and dollar which equivalent was about N900 million into Adoke’s accounts in violation of various provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act.
Adoke and his co-defendant pleaded not guilty.
Defence lawyers pleaded with the court to make a specific order barring the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from re-arresting them once the release order is served on the commission.
The judge said such order would not be necessary as there would be no basis for their re-arrest or continued detention once the court’s release order is served.
The trial was fixed for April 1 and 2.
