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\n Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, had while delivering the ruling, on Monday,imposed a series of strict conditions for the release of the former governor, including monthly reporting to the headquarters of the Department of State Services and the surrender of all his international passports.<\/p>\n
The court ruled that El-Rufai must provide one surety who must reside in either Maitama or Asokoro in Abuja and own a landed property within the Federal Capital Territory. <\/p>\n
The surety is required to deposit the original Certificate of Occupancy of the property with the court registry.<\/p>\n
Justice Abdulmalik further directed that the surety must be a federal civil servant not below Grade Level 17 and must provide evidence of salary payments for at least three months. <\/p>\n
The salary records must also be authenticated by a bank manager within the court\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n
In addition, the surety was ordered to depose to an affidavit of means, execute a bail bond and submit a recent passport photograph to the court registry.<\/p>\n
The court also ordered El-Rufai to submit all valid international passports and directed that he must report to the DSS headquarters every last Friday of the month by 10 a.m. to sign an attendance register pending the determination of the case.<\/p>\n
Justice Abdulmalik warned that any breach of the bail terms would lead to an automatic revocation of the bail.<\/p>\n
The judge further ordered the former governor to submit a letter of attestation from the Chairman of the Kaduna Traditional Council, alongside a verification letter from the surety\u2019s department and a tax clearance certificate covering the last six months.<\/p>\n
The ruling followed the arraignment of El-Rufai by the DSS on an amended five-count charge bordering on alleged breach of national security.<\/p>\n
The DSS had earlier arraigned the former governor before the same court on April 23, where he pleaded not guilty to the initial charges.<\/p>\n
At Monday\u2019s proceedings, counsel to the DSS, Oluwole Aladedoye, informed the court that the prosecution had filed a further amended five-count charge and sought leave to substitute the earlier three-count charge.<\/p>\n
One of the amended charges accused El-Rufai of unlawfully intercepting the communications of Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser.<\/p>\n
According to the prosecution, the alleged offence stemmed from statements allegedly made by the former governor during an appearance on an Arise Television programme on February 13, 2026.<\/p>\n
The prosecution argued that the alleged act contravened Section 12(1) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Amendment Act, 2024.<\/p>\n
Following the amendment, the court struck out the earlier three-count charge and read the amended charges to El-Rufai, who again pleaded not guilty to all counts.<\/p>\n
During the proceedings, the defence drew the attention of the court to a pending bail application filed on February 17, noting that a further affidavit initially declared missing from the court file was later found during proceedings.<\/p>\n
The DSS, however, told the court that it was not opposing the bail application.<\/p>\n
The defence team also filed an application seeking to quash the amended charges, arguing that the allegations lacked merit, while the prosecution urged the court to dismiss the application.<\/p>\n
After listening to arguments from both parties, Abdulmalik adjourned the matter for further hearing while granting El-Rufai bail under the stringent conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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