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A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, barred the immediate-past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, his daughter, Fatimah, and son-in-law, Jalal Hamma, from travelling outside the country following the alleged N2.7billion Fraud slammed against them .
Justice Sylvanus Orji ruled that they must not leave the country pending the conclusion of their N2.7bn fraud trial.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday slammed a six counts charge against them, bordering on N2.7bn fraud.
They were arraigned alongside Al-Buraq Investment Ltd.
The anti-graft agency alleged that Sirika abused his office by awarding a consultancy N1.3bn contract for the Nigerian Air Start-up to Tianero Nigeria Limited.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them.
Following a bail application by the defence counsel, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), the defendants were each granted bail in the sum of N100m with two sureties in like sum.
The judge also held that the sureties must depose to an affidavit of means while he barred the defendants from travelling outside the shores of the country without permission.
Justice Orji added that failure to fulfil the bail conditions would earn the defendants a stay in a correctional facility.
The trial was subsequently fixed for June 10, 11 and 20.
