BREAKING: After 93 Days In Detention, Court Grants El-Rufai N100m Bail

<h4>BREAKING&colon; After 93 Days In Detention<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former Kaduna State Governor&comma; Nasir El-Rufai&comma; on Monday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The bail was raised up to the sum of N100 million with one surety of like amount&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Delivering the ruling&comma; Justice Joyce Abdulmalik stated that the surety must reside in either the Maitama or Asokoro districts of Abuja and must deposit the original Certificate of Occupancy for a landed property at the court registry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The court further directed that the surety must be a federal civil servant not below Grade Level 17 and provide evidence of salary payments for at least three months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The documents are to be authenticated by a letter from the surety’s bank manager within the court’s jurisdiction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The bail is coming after the former Kaduna State Governor has spent approximately 93 days in detention since he was first taken into custody by anti-corruption authorities on February 16&comma; 2026&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Charges<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former Kaduna State Governor is facing multiple&comma; concurrent trials across state and federal courts involving financial crimes&comma; abuse of office&comma; and security breaches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the Kaduna State High Court&comma; the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission &lpar;ICPC&rpar; arraigned <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">El-Rufai<&sol;a> on an amended nine-count charge&period; The allegations include&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>• Conferring Undue Advantage&colon; Approving inflated severance allowances while in office&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>• Money Laundering&colon; Receiving various undeclared foreign currency deposits—including tranches of  &dollar;155&comma;800&rpar;&comma; &dollar;305&comma;300&rpar;&comma; and &dollar;320&comma;800&rpar; in his domiciliary account—allegedly connected to unlawful activities&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>• Concealment of Funds&colon; Conspiring with associates to disguise the illicit origins of state funds&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Separately&comma; state court documents outline allegations of fraud regarding his administration&&num;8217&semi;s expenditures&period; These include&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>• Light Rail Project&colon; Approving an multi billion contract to an unregistered company for a light rail project that was allegedly never executed&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>• Contract Violations&colon; Awarding multi-billion naira CCTV contracts in violation of public&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the Federal High Court in Abuja&comma; he is facing charges related to a national security breach&period; These accusations allege that he unlawfully intercepted communications &lpar;bugging&rpar; and embezzled public funds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has been granted bail in both state and federal courts under strict conditions&comma; including multi-million naira bail bonds and the surrender of his international passports<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;