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ADVERTISEMENT A federal magistrate in New York has rejected the bail application of Abidemi Rufai, an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State. Mr Rufai is currently enmeshed in a $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud in the United States. He was arraigned on Wednesday before Magistrate Ramon Reyes. Mr Rufai’s lawyer, Michael Barrows of Garden City, New York, said the suspect’s brother, Alaba Rufai, who is listed in court records told the court Wednesday morning that he could not afford t...

Daily Post Nigeria Published DAILY POST learnt that Rufai was denied bail by a federal Magistrate Court sitting in New York. The magistrate had ruled on Wednesday that Rufai, who was charged for his involvement in unemployment fraud in Washington State, cannot be released before his trial. Rufai’s counsel, Michael Barrows of Garden City, New York, had urged the court to grant his client bail on self recognizance. The lawyer had asked that he be released to the custody of his brother, one Alab...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 20 May 2021 A federal magistrate in New York ruled on Wednesday that Abidemi Rufai, a Senior Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, charged for $350,000 employment fraud in Washington cannot be released before his trial. The 42-year-old was arrested on Friday evening on his way back to Nigeria at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York based on criminal complaint. He was subsequently charged with defrauding Washington State Emplo...