The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, declined to allow the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arraign the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in the absence of his lawyers. Bello was scheduled to enter his plea before trial Justice Emeka Nwite, on another 19-count charge that bordered…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will this morning, arraign the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Bello will be docked before trial Justice Emeka Nwite, on a 19-count charge that borders on alleged N80.2billion fraud. It will be recalled that Justice Nwite had…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the federal capital territory (FCT) high court has remanded Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bello was arraigned on a 16-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering on Wednesday. Justice Maryanne Anenih, who issued the order on Wednesday, said Bello…
The immediate former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has arrived at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja for the hearing on alleged N110 billion fraud preferred against him. Bello was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in April 2024. He reported at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest and detention of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello. According to the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, Mr. Bello is currently being grilled by the commission’s investigators and will be detained and arraigned in court as soon as possible. Mr. Bello’s arrest comes after he…
Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has again honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of funds. It was gathered from sources close to the EFCC that he went to the office with his lawyers on Tuesday and not with the current Governor of Kogi State, Usman…
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga says security agencies have not been able to arrest embattled former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello because of the “complicated” nature of the case. Onanuga was a guest on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-economic programme aired on Channels Television. In April, the Economic and Financial…
A former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been summoned to appear before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja over allegations of criminal breach of trust and possession of unlawfully acquired property. The summons, issued by Justice Maryann E. Anenih, alleged that Bello committed the offences between 2016 and 2023. The summons,…
A high court of the federal capital territory (FCT) in Maitama has issued a public summons to Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi state. In the summons issued on Thursday, Maryanne Anenih, presiding judge, ordered Bello to appear before the court on October 24 to be arraigned on a 16-count charge preferred against him by…
An Abuja-based Bureau de Change operator, Jamilu Abdullahi, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja how a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, repeatedly paid the school fees of his three daughters in dollars, through him and his companies. Abdullahi is the third prosecution witness in the trial of Ali Bello, the ex-governor’s nephew…