Nigeria, March 31 -- Now that he is at home, what will the court do today when Mallam Nasir el-Rufai's case comes up?

His bail application is slated to be moved today, but some extra-legal super powers freed him on Saturday.

Justice Rilwanu Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, had on Tuesday, March 24, ordered that el-Rufai be remanded in the custody of his prosecutors, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and be brought to the court today, Tuesday, March 31, for his bail application to be argued.

But he is free. What is the meaning of academic exercise?

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