In a statement titled “Bail and the Dignity of the Law: A Call For Judicial Restraint”, Chidoka criticised a recent High Court ruling in Abuja which granted bail to a defendant but attached what he described as unrealistic conditions.
According to him, the court required the defendant to provide sureties who are serving federal civil servants on grade level 16 or above, own property in Abuja worth ₦500 million each, and furnish a bank guarantee of ₦15 billion.
“By the court’s ruling, we are asking that officer to show assets worth five times his lifetime earnings — and to stand behind a liability of ₦15 billion, roughly 150 times everything an honest career could ever yield,” he LAMENTED.
The former minister argued that the conditions create the impression that integrity is measured by wealth rather than character.
“What message does this send? It says, in the plainest terms, that lawful
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