Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the detention of the Senator Ali Ndume at the Kuje Correctional Centre until he is able to produce the former Chairman of the Presidential Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, in court to face his trial.
Ndume, the Borno state senator in the Senate, is standing as a surety to Maina, who is facing a 12-count charge bordering on fraud.
Alternatively, the court said Ndume, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, should remain in custody until he is able to pay the N500 million bail bond to the treasury of the Federal Government or forfeit his property located on Plot 158, Cadastral Zone, Asokoro District of Abuja to the Federal Government.
The court said until all the above conditions are met, the senator should remain on detention.
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