Senator Ndume Immediately Led Away As Court Ordered His Remand In Prison Custody Over Inability To Produce Maina But Gave Him 3 Options To Get Out Of Mess

Eniola Adeniyi

Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Ali Ndume has been ordered to be remanded in prison custody.

A Federal High Court in Abuja issued the directive over the Senator’s inability to produce Abdulrasheed Maina whom he stood surety for.

Maina is standing trial before the court on charges bordering on money laundering.

The court with Justice Okon Abang in charge believes Maina has skipped bail because of repeated non-appearance in court – and refusal to show up even in the face of the issuance of a bench warrant.

The court ordered Ndume, the Senator from Borno South, who serves as is surety to be remanded in prison custody today, Monday, November 23, 2020, over the inability to produce Maina and to show cause why he should not forfeit his bail bond.

The court, however, provided the Senator options of getting out of the mess.

According to information monitored by societynow.ng on thenationonline.net asserted that Ndume can secure his freedom by meeting any of the three conditions which are “he pays N500m bail bond into the Federation Account of the Federal Government and present evidence of such payment in court or the FG sells the property situated in Asokoro, Abuja which Ndume pledge as security for the bond and present evidence of sale and payment of the N500m realised into the Federation Account or he (Ndume) produces Maina, who is believed to have now jumped bail, in court.”