Court admits ex-JAMB director Usman to administrative bail

An Abuja High Court on Thursday admitted a former deputy director of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Yisa Usman to administrative bail.

Usman was charged by the Police with character assassination and also giving false information to a public servant.

Justice H.A. Musa granted him bail after he took his plea and the prosecution also asked the court to apply its discretion.

In granting the defendant bail, Justice Musa held that Usman should be in the same administrative bail conditions earlier granted to him by the police.

The court, in addition, said the defendant should produce a surety who must take the Registrar of the court to his place of residence.

Also, the court ordered that counsel to the defendant must write an undertaken before the Registrar that he will produce the defendant next adjourned date.

Musa, then adjourned the case until Oct.29 for hearing of the defendant’s bail application .

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, N. Orji, told the court that on June 6, 2022, the defendant assassinated the character of a Mabel Ishaku contrary to Section 392 of the Penal Code.

Orji alleged that on the same date Usman gave false information to a public servant at the JAMB headquarters, Abuja contrary to section 140(b) of the penal code.