By Amos Tauna
In addition, Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Kaduna State Council was included to stand as a surety for the accused.
Justice Bashir Sukola of Kaduna High Court had initially ruled that two sureties should produce their international passports to be deposited in the Court, with N10m each and a bank bond to that effect in the same sum.
The journalist is being charged for breach of public peace and injurious falsehood punishable under sections 114 and 393 of the penal code laws of Kaduna State.
The former Bureau Chief of Vanguard Newspapers in Kaduna wrote a story on alleged killings of five students of College of Education, Gidan-Waya published on the 22nd January, 2017.