A federal capital territory high court in Gwarinpa has granted bail to Chris Ngige, former minister of labour and employment.
Maryam Hassan, presiding judge, ordered that Ngige should continue on the administrative bail earlier granted to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The court however ordered that Ngige must present a surety who is a director under the employ of the federal government.
The surety, the court added, must have a landed property and is expected to deposit documents of the landed property and travel documents with the court pending when Ngige finalises the retrieval of his own passport.
The EFCC had granted administrative bail to the defendant in October on self recognisance and one surety. He was allowed to go for medical treatment abroad on the condition that he must return his international passport upon arrival.
However, in opposing the bail application, Sylvanus Tahir, prosecution counsel, told the court that Ngige failed to submit the passport since his return to Nigeria on November 19.
Responding, Patrick Ikwueto, Ngige’s counsel, said his client had written to the commission upon his return informing them that he was robbed in London and important items, including documents, his international passport and cash, were stolen from him.
