Justice Gabriel kolawole of the Abuja Federal High Court, Tuesday granted bail to the embattled former Head of Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye on self-recognition.
The trial judge, however granted bail to Oronsaye’s co-accused, Osarenkhoe Afe, in the sum of N50m with two sureties.
Kolawole said one of the sureties must not be less than Grade Level 16 in either federal or state government establishments.
He also added that one of Afe’s sureties must have property worth N75m within Abuja, the FCT.
Justice Kolawole also ordered that both Oronsaye and Afe must deposit their passports and other travel documents with the court registrar.
He also directed that in the event that the accused persons were unable to meet the bail conditions within one week, they should be re-arrested and remanded in Kuje prison in Abuja.
Afe is the Managing Director of Fredrick Hamilton Global Services Limited, a company named as the third accused in the 24 counts preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The EFCC is battling the accused persons for allegedly defrauding the Federal Government to the tune of N118,992,201.6, under the guise of paying the money in tranches for the contract of biometric data capture project between March 2010 and December 2011.
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