Lagos High Court Grants Bail To Fuel Subsidy Fraud Suspects

By SaharaReporters, New York Several oil subsidy fraud suspects were today granted bail by a Lagos High Court judge.They are: Mahmud Tukur, son of the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur; Mamman Nasir Alli, son of Arisekola Alao, Abdullahi Alao, Alex Ohonogu and Christian Taylor.The suspects were admitted to a N20 million bail bond each with two sureties of at least Level 16 in the civil service. The sureties were required to produce three years worth of tax clearance certificates to be duly certified by the court registrar.Also the surety would be a wealthy Nigerian with landed properties worth N100 million.The PDP yesterday indicated it would make a statement today about the threat of the House of Representatives to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan. Yesterday, the partys National Working Committee decided that that statement would be made by Dr. Sam Jaja, the Deputy National Chairman, in order to spare Mr. Bamanga Tukur embarrassing questions from journalists about his son. It would be recalled that in the days following the controversial election of Mr. Tukur, the PDP said it would help Mr. Jonathan to fight corruption in Nigeria.Earlier today, in a story already published by SaharaReporters, sources told us that some of the high profile oil subsidy suspects have warned President Goodluck Jonathan against forging ahead with their prosecution as they might disclose how they supported his 2011 election campaign with nearly $1 billion funneled into his war chest through Diezani Allison-Madueke, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, and Godsday Orubebe, the Minister for the Niger Delta.read more
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