Breaking: Senator Ndume to remain in prison over Maina’s disappearance

Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South has been ordered to be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre over his inability to produce Abdulrasheed Maina who is standing trial before the court on money laundering charges and for whom he stood surety.

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja who gave the order on Monday held that having failed to produce the Maina, who is believed to have jumped bail and having failed to show cause why he should not forfeit his bail bond, ordered that Ndume should only be released if he meets either of three conditions.

First is that he pays N500m bail bond into the Federation Account of the Federal Government and present evident 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 released into the Federation Account or he (Ndume) produces Maina, who is believed to have now jumped bail, in court.

Ndume was immediately led away from the courtroom shortly after the judge’s pronouncement.