El-Rufai granted bail with terms not viable – Wife cries out

Asiya El-Rufai, wife of detained former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has cried out that her husband was granted bail with terms that are not viable.

El-Rufai’s wife raised the alarm on Wednesday when she appeared as a guest in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.

She disclosed that the court granted her husband a bail term with 2 sureties, N200 million each, and properties worth N200 million in GRA Kaduna, with attestation from the traditional council of Kaduna State.

According to her, efforts to get the bail conditions met became impossible

“The fundamental rights of individuals are guaranteed by section four of the Constitution. It guarantees right to life, right to health and right to interactions.

“Now Mallam has been accused of offenses in different courts and those charges are clearly bailable offenses under the Nigerian law. He has applied for bail severally in the High Court. He was denied bail.

“In the Federal High Court, he was granted bail with terms that are not viable. In the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, the judge granted him bail for two shorties, N200 million each, with property worth N200 million in GRA, Kaduna.

“The judge also said that the traditional council of Kaduna State must give attestation. Now, efforts to get this became impossible. The traditional council would not give that attestation.

“I don’t want to speculate. They gave no reason directly. They just said that they’re not able to do it,” she said.