Nigeria, May 22 -- Abidemi Rufai, an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, is on the verge of being released from detention after getting a surety.

Mr Rufai, who is currently enmeshed in a $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud in the United States, was denied bail on Wednesday after his brother, Alaba Rufai, who is listed in court records, was unable to place the $300,000 surety bond for his bail.

A surety was, however, presented in court on Friday as Federal Magistrate Judge Ramon Reyes ruled that a New York state resident and family friend of Mr Rufai's could post the bond.

He would be restricted to travel in New York City and Western Washington and would be monitored with electronic surveillance.

The court also said the suret...