Former Imo State, Governor Senator Rochas Okorocha on Tuesday was granted bail at N500million by a Federal High Court in Abuja.
The judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo in his ruling, rejected the object of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Okorocha’s bail application.
Justice Ekwo ordered Okorocha to provide a surety, who will sign and of the same amount.
The judge also granted bail to Okorocha’s co-defendant, Anyim Nyerere Chinenye on the conditions attached to the administrative bail earlier granted him by the EFCC.
The trial is to commence on November 7.
(THE NATION)
