Alleged N110bn fraud: Yahaya Bello remanded in EFCC custody as court adjourns case to December 10
Following his arraignment for alleged misappropriation of public funds, the former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello has been remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The Informant247 had earlier reported that Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday while appearing before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court on a 19-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering to the tune of N110 billion, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Bello was at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court on a 19-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering to the tune of N110 billion.
Meanwhile, Justice Maryanne Aninih, while delivering judgment, ordered the remand of Bello and adjourned the matter to December 10 for ruling after the lawyers in the matter argued the bail application.
Earlier, defence counsel, Joseph Daudu (SAN), asked the court to grant bail to the former governor as the alleged offences were bailable.
However, prosection counsel, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), challenged the competence of the bail application, arguing that it was filed only on November 22 while the arraignment had not been done.
Bello and two former officials of the Kogi State Government—Abdulsalami Hudu and Umar Oricha – were alleged to have conspired to use state government funds to acquire properties in high-brow areas within the FCT and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, worth N110.4 billion.
