Etim Effiong
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the remand of Senator Ali Ndume at Kuje Correctional Centre for failing to produce the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who is believed to have jumped bail.
In a bench ruling delivered by Justice Okon Abang, the court ordered Ndume’s remand pending the fulfilment of his bail bond, which is a forfeiture of N500m to the Federal Government.
The court also empowered the FG to sell Senator Ndume’s property at Asokoro to recover the N500m bail bond.
Justice Abang said that Senator Ndume will be released from Kuje Correctional Centre once he is able to pay the N500m to the FG or if the prosecutor is able to sell off the property and pay the money into the Federal Government. The trial in absentia of Abdulrasheed Maina has been fixed for the November 24, 2020.