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Court Grants N1Bn Bail To 109 Foreigners Detained For Cybercrime

On Friday, the Federal High Court in Abuja granted 109 foreign nationals who were detained on suspicion of engaging in high-level cybercrime and hacking activities that were allegedly endangering the security of the country N1 billion in bail.

Justice Ekerete Akpan, while delivering a ruling in the bail application moved by the defence counsel, James Onoja, SAN, which was not opposed by the prosecution counsel, A. A. Egwu, ordered the defendants to present five sureties alongside the sum.

The court ruled that each of the sureties must own a landed property within the Abuja metropolis.

The judge further directed that each surety must submit two recent passport photographs to the court.

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Additionally, the defendants are required to submit the original copies of their passports to the court’s deputy registrar.

The court also ordered that the sureties must also submit their passports to the court.

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