Shehu Sani gains freedom after four weeks in detention

Former Senator, Shehu Sani has been released on bail after spending four weeks in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

According to the anti-graft agency, the former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District gained his freedom after he was deemed to have met bail conditions.

According to MyNigeria, Sani was arrested in December 2019 for allegedly collecting $25,000 in the name of the EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu.

The former federal lawmaker, who represented Kaduna Central in the eighth Senate defrauded a businessman, Sani Dauda of $15,000, which he planned to give the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed, in other to influence some pending cases in court.

He also allegedly collected $10,000 from Dauda to bribe Magu.

A Federal High Court in Abuja granted him bail to the tune of N10 million.