“I don’t want to stand as Maina’s surety anymore” – Senator Ndume tells court

Senator representing Borno-South, Ali Ndume has called a federal high court sitting in Abuja for an order releasing his property documents used as bail bond for Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, (PRTT).

Senator Ndume requested that the court should remove him as Maina’s surety.

Recall that the senator had stood as surety for Maina who is standing trial at a federal high court in Abuja for alleged money laundering to the tune of N2 billion. Maina, however, jumped bail, went into hiding in September 2020, and subsequently left the country.

The court remanded Ndume in prison when Maina refused to appear in court. The senator was granted bail five days after because he has a record of “good behaviour”. Maina was later arrested in Niger Republic and extradited to Nigeria.

At the court session on Monday, Ndume through his lawyer, Marcel Oru, asked the judge, Okon Abang, to grant his application filed in December 2020, following the re-arrest of Maina.

When the judge asked if there was a pending appeal on the case, Oru said the appeal does not relate to the substantive case.

Abang thereafter adjourned the case till October 4 for further hearing.

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