Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended dean of the University of Calabar’s Faculty of Law, has been granted bail by an Abuja Federal High Court.
Bail was also granted for his attorney, Sunny Anyanwu, who was also charged with a crime alongside him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission.
Currently on trial for four modified counts of alleged sexual harassment and attempted perversion of justice are the professor and his attorney.
Anyanwu was granted N50m bail with two sureties, while Ndifon was granted N250m bail with two sureties.
The professor was remanded by the court on January 8, the day of his arraignment.
On January 10, Ndifon was then given a temporary bail so he could have eye surgery.
Anyanwu was included in the amended charge that the ICPC filed on January 22 in response to the prosecution’s claim that he had made phone threats against the commission’s star witness during the course of the case’s trial.
The remand of Anyanwu and Ndifon was issued by trial judge James Omotoso during the hearings on January 26.
Since then, Omotoso has refused to consider their bail requests, claiming the necessity to keep the key witness for the ICPC safe.
The trial judge, Justice James Omotoso, denied their bail request on Friday, stating that the first defendants will be granted N250 million in bail, along with two sureties who possess properties in the Federal Capital Territory that are valued at least N150 million.
“The bank statements of the first defendant and his two sureties are required to be submitted.
The court must receive the first defendant’s international passport.
“The defendants must file an undertaking not to interfere with the case, readiness to attend trial, and not to cause delay,” Omotoso said when granting Anyanwu bail in the neighborhood of N50 million with two sureties to provide their bank statements..
Judge Omotosho postponed the case until Monday in order to continue the hearing.
