Court Reserves Judgment On El-Rufai’s Bail Application

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, challenging the refusal of his second application for bail by the Kaduna State High Court.
The appellate court reserved judgment after hearing arguments from counsel to El-Rufai and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
The presiding judge, Justice Onyekachi Aja Otisi, did not fix a date for the judgment.
Speaking to journalists shortly after the court session, counsel to the ICPC, Ayodeji Adedipe, said he urged the Court of Appeal to dismiss the appeal, arguing that the High Court was right to refuse El-Rufai bail....