Former governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku was on Thursday admitted to bail in the sum of N150M by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT in the alleged N27 billion frauds brought against him by the federal government.

The former governor was granted the bail by Justice Sylvanus Oriji with two sureties in the same amount. However, one of the two sureties must be a federal government employee and must be a Director.

Similarly, the two sureties must be residents in the FCT with their house addresses to be verified by the Registrar of the Court. Besides, Justice Oriji barred the former governor and his co-defendant, Bello Yero from traveling out of the country except with the permission of the court.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Court EFCC through its counsel, Rotimi Jacobs SAN did not oppose the bail request of the former governor. His ground was that EFCC on its own granted him administrative bail and did not jump the bail.

Justice Oriji after granting the bail fixed November 4, 5 and 13 for commencement of trial in the alleged fraud. Ishaku, who left office in 2023 after serving as governor for eight years was slammed with 15 count charges by EFCC but pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned on Monday.