Former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N80 billion fraud. A statement issued on Wednesday in Lokoja by the Director, Yahaya Bello Media Office, Mr Ohiare Michael, said that Bello made the decision to honour...
Former Kogi State Governor
Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to adjourn, indefinitely, the ongoing case instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). He also asked the court to vacate its arrest order on him, pending the determination of an appeal he...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised contempt counsel charges against two defence counsel in the N80.2billion alleged money laundering charges against a former governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Bello. Bello is facing prosecution alongside his nephew, Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman...
The immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has sought the transfer of his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the Federal High Court (FHC), Lokoja Division. Bello, who made the application in a letter to the Chief Judge (CJ) of FHC, Justice John...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, June 13, 2024, adjourned the arraignment proceedings of a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello to June 27, 2024. The adjournment followed discrepancies between the EFCC and defence counsels on the actual...
Hearing of an ex-parte motion for stay of proceedings filed by EFCC Chairman, Mr Ola Olukayode, against contempt charge instituted by former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bell, was on Monday stalled at the Court of Appeal, Abuja. The case, scheduled for today, could not proceed due to...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday granted the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to appear in court for his trial. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that the former governor ought to appeared...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, granted an ex-parte motion for stay of contempt proceedings filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and issued against its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, by ex- Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi. The Court of Appeal, presided over by Justice...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A group, the Northern Initiative For the Defence of Democracy and Justice has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call to order the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello from undermining institutions of the state. In a statement made available to news...
The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has advised former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, to submit himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for questioning over alleged misappropriation of public funds. The TMSG Chairman,Mr Emeka Nwankpa said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He...
Chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ensure due process in its dealings with financial crime suspects. Mr Jesutega Onokpasa, a lawyer and Head of the Tinubu Media Support Group, made the call at a news...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has lauded ongoing efforts by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to apprehend and prosecute the immediate past governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, over an alleged N80.2 billion fraud. She also commended the EFCC...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has filed a notice of withdrawal to discontinue an appeal against an order of a Kogi high court restraining the agency from arresting Yahaya Bello, former governor of the state. In the notice filed on April 22, and signed by its...
Mr Daniel Bwala, Former Spokesman of Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday faulted the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC’s) disregard for rule of law and the media trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. Bwala, a lawyer and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that he made personal efforts to invite a former governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Adoza Bello to respond to investigations regarding his alleged involvement in money laundering to the tune of N80,246,470,089.88...
Fresh revelations have emerged on the probe of former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the anti-graft commission says the embattled ex-governor withdrew $720,000 from the state’s accounts to pay his child’s school fees in advance just before...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed May 10 for ruling on an application by former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, seeking an order of setting aside the April 17 arrest warrant issued against him. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the Economic...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has served a copy of the charge sheet of alleged fraud to the tune of N84bn against the immediate past governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello on his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohamed. This follows a Tuesday order by Justice Emeka Nwite of...
Hearing on the appeal instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against an interim order of the Kogi State High Court restraining it from arresting former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello, suffered a setback on Monday as the Court of Appeal failed to sit. The Kogi High...
The legal tussle over the legality of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) bid to arraign former Kogi governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello over alleged N80.2billion fraud will begin on Monday at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the appellate court...