The 109 foreign nationals arraigned before the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja for alleged involvement in high-level cybercrimes, hacking, and activities that threaten Nigeria’s national security, have been granted bail in the sum of N1 billion.
Justice Ekerete Akpan also held that the defendants should produce five sureties to tune of N200 million each, in like sum. Each surety is expected to have a landed property in like sum of N200 million and should deposit their recent passport photograph to the court.
The defendants are also expected to deposit their international passports with the Registrar of the Federal High Court in Maitama.
The 109 defendants had earlier pleaded not guilty to the six-count charge leveled against them but Justice Akpan tool a short recess to rule on bail application filed by their counsel, Ogwu Onoja, SAN.
The defendants are mostly of Chinese, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysian origin and their Nigerian collaborators
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
