After a month’s detention in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, was on Thursday admitted to bail in the sum of N2 billion by a Federal High Court in Abuja, with two sureties in the sum of N1 billion each.
The court imposed on him some of the stringent conditions ever imposed on accused persons. It is not clear at press time whether the ex CDS has been able to meet the bail conditions.
Delivering ruling in the bail application, the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang held that the two sureties must reside in Abuja and must be owners of landed properties with Certificates of Occupancy.
The court further held that the registrar of the court should confirm the genuineness of the certificate of occupancy of the landed property and directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to also verify the genuineness of the documents within 24 hours after the submission of the papers are brought.
He added that sureties should present three years tax clearance, and also depose to an affidavit of means.
The sureties are also to submit their recent two passport photographs and also tell the court the means by which they would pay the bail sum if in the event they are called to do so.
The court also instructed the EFCC to get the location of the sureties’ residents in Abuja.
The court however discountenanced the argument of the prosecution that Badeh would jump bail if granted due to the gravity of the evidence against him.
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