Following allegations by the United States Department of Justice that the surety provided by a suspended aide to Ogun Governor Abidemi Rufai is a suspected fraudster, the court for the Western District of Washington at Tacoma, Rufai should remain in detention indefinitely.
He is accused of being involved in $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud in the United States.
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He was supposed to have been released on Wednesday but the court granted a motion by the US government for “a stay of the release order.”
The order was granted by U.S. District Judge, Benjamin Settle.
“The release order is STAYED, and the defendant shall remain in custody pending this Court’s decision on the government’s motion for review,” Mr Settle was quoted to have said.
Rufai was arrested at the airport on May 14 on his way to Amsterdam.
