Ex-Kaduna Gov, El-Rufai loses bail variation battle, to remain in prison custody

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has mislaid his conflict to get the bail conditions imposed connected him by the Federal High Court successful Abuja varied. 

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on Tuesday refused to unbend the bail conditions for the erstwhile politician portion delivering a ruling successful an exertion by El-Rufai. 

El-Rufai, done his lawyer, Paul Erokoro, SAN, had applied for a saltation of immoderate of the bail conditions earlier granted to El-Rufai, describing them arsenic harsh, stringent, outlandish and hard to meet. 

The elder lawyer argued that the bail presumption were excessively stringent, peculiarly the requirements for level 17 civilian servants with properties successful Maitama oregon Asokoro, arsenic good arsenic verification and attestation letters from the Kaduna authorities accepted council.

However, the prosecution, Oluwole Aladedoye SAN, opposed the request, insisting that qualified nationalist officers who conscionable the conditions beryllium and urged the tribunal to garbage the application. 

Delivering the ruling, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik declined the petition to alteration the bail conditions, holding that determination are civilian servants who ain properties a...