Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State
The Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has granted an interim bail to Yusuf Abdulwahab, the Chief of Staff to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, in the sum of N10million.
Abdulwahab has been held in police custody in Abuja since 2 June 2018 after he responded to Police invitation over his alleged link with suspects who carried out robbery attacks on commercial banks in Offa on April 5, 2018.
Hon. Justice M.O. Adewara granted the bail upon carefully considering the oral application for bail made on behalf of the governor’s aide by his counsel, Adebayo Adelodun (SAN) and the response of the counsel for the respondent, the Inspector General of Police.
It will be recalled that the Chief of Staff had initially filed a motion on notice before a Federal High Court in Abuja praying for an order granting him bail from police custody on the grounds that he had been detained for longer than 24 hours allowed by law, without charge.
But the presiding judge, Justice Babatunde Quadri rejected the bail application on the grounds that the subject matter of the case was outside the jurisdiction of his court.
He, therefore, ordered the transfer of the case to the High Court of Kwara State for hearing and determination.