Yahaya Bello, the former Kogi State governor, has regained his freedom from Kuje Minimum Custodial Centre after meeting the bail conditions an Abuja Federal High Court placed on him.
Adamu Duza, spokesperson of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), confirmed this on Friday.
“He has been released after meeting the bail conditions. He was released this evening (Friday),” Duza said.
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FIJ reported that Bello was granted a N500 million bail in December. He was also to provide two sureties in like sum.
The two sureties must swear to an affidavit of means and must be property owners in Abuja.
The title documents of the properties, which must be located in Abuja, must also be verified by the Deputy Chief Registrar of the court.
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Bello’s bail conditions also included depositing his international passport with the court.
Bello had seen an earlier bail application rejected after Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Abuja Federal High Court ruled that his earlier bail application was filed when he was neither in custody nor in court.
Bello is on trial with two others in a N110 billion fraud suit filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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