Kaduna State High Court has denied the former Chief of Staff to Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna state, Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa’idu bail in the money laundering case filed against him.

The court had adjourned the ruling on a bail application for Sa’idu till Thursday, January 16, 2025. However, when the case came up on Thursday, the former chief of staff was denied bail.

The court delivered ruling on the application, refusing the bail principally on the ground that a formal charge had been filed at the Kaduna State High Court II against Sa’idu.

The court asked the applicant to go to the court where the charge is filed and pending to apply for bail.

Kaduna State Director of Public Prosecution, Samson Irimiya Esq. who represented the state government in court, told journalists that the arraignment of the former chief of staff is coming up on January 21, 2025, before Hon Justice Isa Aliyu.

According to Irimiya, “the bail application ruling was delivered refusing the bail application principally on the ground that since a formal charge had been filed by us, it is better that the Applicant goes to the court where the charge is filed and pending to apply for bail.”

Counsel to Sai’du, Oladipo Tolani, SAN, also confirmed that the court directed that they should take the bail application to the court where the proper charges have been filed.