The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gwarinpa, Abuja, has ruled that former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, will continue to benefit from the administrative bail granted to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

 

Justice Mariam Hassan, who presided over the case, instructed that Ngige must provide a surety who is a director in a Federal Government agency and owns landed property. The surety will be required to submit both the title documents of the property and the individual’s travel documents to the court, pending the finalization of Ngige’s passport retrieval process.

 

Ngige had initially been granted bail by the EFCC based on self-recognition, with the condition that he submit his travel document and provide one surety. The former Anambra State governor had been remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre prior to his bail.

 

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Ngige is facing an eight-count charge of alleged corruption amounting to ₦2.2 billion. The charges, filed on December 9 by a legal team led by Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, stem from his tenure as Minister of Labour and Employment under former President Muhammadu Buhari. Ngige has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

 

The case continues to unfold, and Ngige’s legal team is expected to present further defenses in upcoming hearings.

 

Source: Channels