“File Your Bail Application At Trial Court” — Court Refuses Bail For Ex-Kaduna Chief Of Staff

When the case came up on Thursday, the former Chief of Staff was denied the bail.

The Court delivered ruling on the application refusing the bail principally on the ground that, a formal charge had been filed at the Kaduna State High Court II against Sa’idu.

The Court asked the Applicant to go to the court where the charge was filed and pending to apply for bail.

Representative of the State Government and the Kaduna State Director of Public Prosecution, Samson Irimiya, Esq. , told Journalists that, the arraignment of the former Chief of Staff is coming up on the 21st January, 2025, before Hon Justice Isa Aliyu.

“The bail application ruling was delivered refusing the bail application principally on the ground that since a formal charge had been filed by us, it is better that the Applicant goes to the court where the charge is filed and pending to apply for bail.”

Oladipo Tolani SAN,Counsel to Bashir Sa’idu, also confirmed that, the Court directed that, they should take the bail application to the court where the proper charges have been filed.
Sa’idu also a former Commissioner of Finance was initially dragged to the State High Court for money laundering.

It was alleged that “the former Chief of Staff sold 45 million US dollars in hard currency belonging to the Kaduna State Government, equivalent to N18.4 billion at the significantly undervalued rate of N410 per dollar. This was instead of the parallel market rate of N498 per dollar, with criminal intent, resulting in a N3.9 billion loss to the government in 2022.”

According to the prosecution , the N3.9 billion discrepancy was laundered by Sa’idu, in violation of Section 18 of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.