By AHMAD TIJJANI, Kano

Barely 14 days at the Kurmawa Correctional Centre, an ardent critic of Kano State Governor Umar Gandduje, Engineer Muaz Magaji on Saturday walk out of the facility on bail.

Engr. Magaji was brief, but the momentous journey to the gulag followed his arrest in Abuja on Thursday, 27th January and brought to Kano in bad shape culminating in a botched attempt to arraigned him by Friday 28th.

Magaji who was formally arraigned on January 31 over alleged defamation of character spent 14 days at the correctional centre to meet stringent bail conditions.

Speaking exclusively with Saturday INDEPENDENT, Counsel to the embattled former Commissioner, Barrister Garzzali Datti Ahmad said, Muaz Magaji is out of prison on bail.

He explained: “We have fulfilled the conditions as reviewed by the court, warrant of release submitted to prison authority for the needful.” (Saturday Independent)

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