NSS Boss Granted Bail

The former Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Alhaji Alhassan Imoro has been granted a Ghc90 million bail by an Accra Circuit Court. Alhaji Imoro has been accused of allegedly stealing GHc86.9 million belonging to the state and has been in the custody of the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) for over a month.

The request for bail by lawyers for Alhaji Imoro was granted after investigators failed to meet the ultimatum given by presiding Judge Justice Francis Obiri for the state to finish their investigations during the last hearing.

Earlier, the Court declined the bail request by lawyers of Alhaji Imoro bail when he appeared before the Court on November 3.

The court ordered the BNI to allow Imoro's relatives and lawyers, to have access to him between 0800 hours and 1600 hours when he was remanded for the second time. It also ordered that Imoro should be given special diet on request and also, be sent to the Police Hospital for medical attention.

During his appearance in court today, November, 17, Imoro was granted bail with conditions to provide three justified sureties with landed properties worth GhȻ1million collectively. Imoro has also been ordered to surrender his passport to the BNI and also to avail himself to the BNI every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and any other day that the BNI needs him.