Court gave fraudster tough bail terms in case of cloning of former aid of Dikko Inde

Justice D.Z. Senchi of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Jabi on March 8, 2018 ordered Balarabe Abdullahi to produce his co-defendant Usman Baba Yusuf (currently at large) as part of conditions to be fulfilled before he is granted bail.

Abdullahi is facing a four-count charge bordering on impersonation and obtaining by false pretence, after he cloned the phone number of Abdulmumini Bako, a former Special Assistant to the former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko Inde, and used it to defraud his victims of N2million. He had been in prison custody since his re-arrest by EFCC.

In granting him bail, the trial judge ordered Abdullahi to "lead the prosecution to where Usman Baba Yusuf is", as part of his bail conditions, which included two sureties in the like sum of N1million each.

"The sureties must be resident in Abuja and not below level 12, and must ensure that the defendant is available to stand his trial till the matter is concluded," the judge held.