The 34 female foreign nationals remanded at the Keffi prison in Nasarawa State over their alleged involvement in cybercrime have been released upon perfecting their bail conditions, TheNigerian Metro reports.
Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court in Abuja, while delivering a ruling in the bail application of the defendants, had declared that the males among the accused persons be remanded at the Kuje prison while the females be remanded at the Keffi prison in Nasarawa State.
The accused persons, a total of 109, are facing trial on six counts bordering on cybercrimes allegedly committed in the Katampe area of Abuja in 2024.
They were also accused of overstaying their business permits and remaining in Nigeria without valid residency or visas.
The defendants are foreigners from Chinese, Indonesia, Brazil, the Philippines, Vietnam, Kuwait and Thailand.
They all pled not guilty to the charges brought against them by the police.
Meanwhile, the males detained at the Kuje correctional facility in Abuja, have also been released.
One of the lawyers to the defendants, Marshall Abubakar, confirmed to our correspondent on Tuesday in a telephone conversation that the females have also been released and he was physically present to transport them back to their residence in Katampe.
He said, “The 34 females detained in Keffi prison have been released and are now back to their house in Abuja awaiting trial. I went there with a bus to pick them up and transport them back to their house,” he said.
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