Wetin dey happen for Bauchi State no be small oo! Na federal court for Abuja don give Bauchi Finance Commissioner, Yakubu Adamu, and three odas lawmakers bail as dem dey face serious wahala for terrorism financing matter.
Judge Mohammed Umar na im handle di matter, and e talk say dem go dey report weekly to Department of State Services (DSS) until dem finish trial wey dey come up on February 26. E don also order say dem go deposit 100 million naira each join am. E no be small money o!
As di matter dey hot, dem go need sureties wey be permanent secretary and director for public service to stand for dem. If dem no fit bring this people, e fit be wahala. Di judge also gree say dem go surrender their international passports, no be say dem wan waka come outside Nigeria.
Wetin make di case hot na say Adamu and di odas dey face 10 counts wey get to do with money laundering and financing terrorism. Di Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) dey push di case, and dem claim say dem don conspire to deliver 2.3 million dollars wey dem say na for Bello Bodejo, wey be president of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and di people wey dey work for am.
Na because of dis Bodejo matter wey get plenty question, di prosecution dey insist say di defendants no fit escape justice since dem don dey run dis korokoro since last year. Dem first reject dem bail application for December wen Justice Emeka Nwite talk say dem charges too gbasky for dem to be released. But now, di new judge don see say dem fit get chance o!
Di defense layer, Chief Chris Uche, talk say di additional materials wey don land since wen di bail deny happen na im make dem fit argue again. Him no forget to mention say Bodejo never get any conviction for terrorism before, and di government even drop some cases wey dem file against am. Abeg, na wetin you go expect from dis kind matter? Naija no go ever dull!
Trial go continue and everything go dey happen for March 26. E be like say dis matter go still dey hot because na so e be for our Naija legal system, story never finish until e finish. Stay tuned, my people!
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