(MENAFN) Lebanese officials have granted bail to Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, ending almost ten years of detention amid accusations that he concealed information about a missing cleric.

The court’s decision on Monday reduced his bail from $11 million to approximately $900,000 and removed the travel restrictions that had been in place since his 2015 arrest.

“Hannibal is officially free and has the full right to choose the destination that he wants,” his attorney, Charbel Milad al-Khoury, told a news agency.

Gaddafi, 49, had been confined in Beirut without facing trial, charged with hiding details concerning the 1978 disappearance of influential Lebanese Shiite cleric Musa al-Sadr and two aides during a visit to Libya.

The cleric’s fate remains one of Lebanon’s longest-standing political enigmas. Al-Sadr’s supporters accuse the former Libyan regime of abducting him following a meeting with Hannibal's father, Muammar Gaddafi, a claim that Tripoli has consistently rejected.

Hannibal Gaddafi, who is married to a Lebanese model, was detained in Lebanon after being seized by an armed group in Syria, where he had been living in exile since the 2011 NATO-supported uprising that toppled and killed his father.

His relatives and the Tripoli-based Libyan administration have repeatedly called for his release, citing concerns about his “deteriorating” health.

They maintain that he was only two years old at the time of the cleric’s disappearance and had no involvement in the matter.

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