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THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

(2022) JELR 113185 (CA)

Court of Appeal 10 Jun 2022 Nigeria
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- The appellant, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, acted as surety for Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina (1st Defendant), who was granted bail by the Federal High Court, Abuja, with bail conditions later varied. Following several absences by the 1st D

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Suit Number:CA/ABJ/CR/1059/2020
Judges:Haruna Simon Tsammani, JCA Elfrieda Oluwayemisi Williams-Dawodu, JCA Danlami Zama Senchi, JCA
Counsel:Marcelluous Eguvwe Oru, SAN, with him, Ogbenyealu Egelamba, Esq, and Achile Moses, Esq, For the Appellant. Faruk Abdullah, Esq, For the Respondent.
Location:Abuja

DANLAMI ZAMA SENCHI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja in Charge Nor FHC/ABJ/CR/258/2019 delivered on the 23rd day of November, 2020 by O. E. ABANG, J.

Pursuant to a Summons to Admit to Bail dated and filed on 25th October, 2019 on behalf of the 1st Defendant in Charge No. FHC/ABJ/CR/258/2019 (Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina), the lower Court admitted him to bail via a ruling delivered on 26th November, 2019. (See pages 296-322 of the Record of Appeal).

The bail conditions were varied via the Ruling of the lower Court delivered on 28th January, 2020 upon an Application filed on behalf of the aforementioned 1st Defendant on 6th December, 2019. On 29th April, 2020, the 1st Defendant's Application for further variation of the bail conditions was dismissed for lacking in merit. The trial Court on 29th June, 2020 further varied its order made on the Bail Conditions on 28th June, 2020. The 1st Defendant was granted bail a…

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