A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court in Maitama has granted bail to Yahaya Bello, former Kogi state governor, in the sum of N500 million. Bello has been charged with alleged criminal breach of trust to the tune of N110,446,470,089, contrary to sections 96 and 311 of the Penal Code Law Cap.89, Laws of Northern…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, has refused to grant a bail application filed by the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, stating that it was filed inappropriately. Justice Maryanne Anenih, while delivering the ruling, noted that the application was filed when the first defendant was neither in custody nor before the…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has slated the arraignment of the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello for December 13, 2024. Justice Emeka Nwite on Friday, November 29, 2024 directed the court’s Registrar to issue a hearing notice to Bello’s legal team regarding his arraignment. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC…
The Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has earlier today presented himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of misappropriation of N80.2 billion. A statement by his media office confirmed that the former governor went to the office with his lawyers on Tuesday morning, following the Supreme Court judgment which…
….as Tinubu urged to swiftly protect Bello. Based on the ongoing hounding, harassment, media blackmail and trial including using state apparatchik to malign, intimidate and take out the former Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, we are compelled to issue the following terse statement to put all the scenarios in proper perspective…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the receipt of the refund of $760,000 paid as advanced school fees by a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello for his children at the American International School, Abuja. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development to our correspondent in Abuja on Friday. “The…
The executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, transferred the sum of $720,000 to a bureau de change as advanced payment of his children’s school fees. Mr Olukoyede stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 while addressing…
The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the withdrawal of all policemen attached to former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The directive, contained in a police wireless message, comes amidst the embattled former governor’s legal troubles and being placed on the Nigerian Immigration Service watchlist. The order relayed through a police wireless message,…
A High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from infringing on the fundamental human rights of the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Justice I.A Jamil of High Court IV gave the order in a two-hour judgement delivered in suit no HCL/68/M/2020 in Lokoja…
