The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, debunked media reports that no judge was available to sign the warrant for the release of 12 persons arrested at the residence of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, after they perfected all their bail conditions.
Igboho’s associates are yet to regain their freedom, about 14 days after they were granted bail by the High Court.
This came on a day Justice Ladiran Akintola, an Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, extended the restraining order in favour of Igboho against the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, SAN; Department of State Service, DSS, and Director of SSS in the state.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu had, in a ruling on August 4, admitted the 12 Applicants, who have been in detention since July 1, on bail in the aggregate sum of N80 million.
While the court gave four of them – Amudat Babatunde, Abideen Shittu, Jamiu Oyetunji and Bamidele Sunday – whose bail applications were opposed by the DSS, bail in the sum of N10 million with two sureties in the like sum, it granted bail to eight others that the DSS did not raise any objection to their applications – Abdulateef Onaolapo, Tajudeen Irinyole, Diekola Ademola, Ayobami Donald, Uthman Adelabu and three others, to the tune of N5 million with two sureties in the like sum.
The court held that the sureties must be residents in Abuja, adding that one of them must be a civil servant not below Grade Level 12.
All the sureties were directed to submit evidence of payment of tax for the past three years and also depose to an affidavit of means.
More so, the court directed the four Applicants whose bail request was opposed, to report to the office of the DSS every first Monday of the month, for three months, commencing from September 1.
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