Alleged N110bn fraud: Abuja court declines EFCC’s request to arraign Yahaya Bello over lawyers’ absence
The federal high court sitting in Abuja on Friday declined the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arraign Yahaya Bello despite the absence of his lawyers.
According to TheCable, the anti-graft agency brought Bello, former governor of Kogi, to court on Friday over an alleged misappropriation of the public fund.
Emeka Nwite, the trial judge, asked the former governor why his lawyer
However, when the case was called, Emeka Nwite, the trial judge, asked Bello why his lawyers were not in court.
In response, Bello said he was only informed of the sitting late Thursday night and could not contact his lawyers to come with him.
The Informant247 reports that the EFCC had on Wednesday arraigned Bello at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court on a 16-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering to the tune of N110 billion.
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Source: TheCable
