Former FCT minister, Bala Mohammed, was on Tuesday, November 29, granted bail by an Abuja High court, Premium Times reports.
Mohammed was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on October 24, on allegations of fraud.
He remained in the custody of the commission despite an earlier administrative bail granted him by the EFCC.
Justice Hussein Yusuf had on November 25 adjourned hearing of an application for Mohammed’s bail.
Chris Uche, the former minister’s lawyer, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said that the court granted the application.
He said: “The bail was granted this afternoon, with the same conditions in the administrative bail. He is expected to produce two sureties; who must be of the directorate cadre in the Nigerian Civil Service.
“They are also expected to have landed properties in Abuja.”
Mohammed, 58, a former senator representing Bauchi south senatorial district was the FCT minister from April 2010 till May 2015.
According to sources in EFCC, Mohammed was allegedly involved in extensive land racketeering as a minister. “After computation of the land deals that he struck, we discovered that more than N1.6 trillion could not be accounted for,” a source said.
