A Kaduna Chief Magistrate Court has granted bail to two Islamic clerics and 10 of their followers for violating the curfew order put in place to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the state.

The clerics were arrested while conducting congregational prayers on Friday in the state against the curfew order.

They were granted bail in the sum of N1m each.

The two Muslim clerics were caught while conducting the Friday congregational prayers in Malali and Ungwan Kanawa areas, all in Kaduna North Local Government of the state.

The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan had earlier at a press conference on Saturday, given the names of the clerics as Malam Aminu Umar Usman and Malam Umar Shangel, from Malali and Unguwan Kanawa respectively.

However, on Monday, the two clerics and 10 of their followers were arraigned separately before the Magistrate Court at Ungwan Kanawa and Court 16 before being granted bail to the sum of N1 million.

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Besides, the defendants were to produce sureties who must be senior government officials with proof of landed property in Kaduna State, failure of which they would be remanded at the Kaduna Correctional Centre.

They were charged with criminal conspiracy and disobedience to public orders and they all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Prosecution counsel and Director of Public Prosecution, Dari Bayero, had said that the defendants’ alleged violation of the law has the potency of spreading the coronavirus in the state.

The case was then adjourned to April 22 and April 29 respectively.