By Calista Oyeoba / Posted December 10, 2024
Former Kogi rambunctious Governor Yahaya Bello, who took the nation’s financial crimes agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on a wild fugitive chase for almost a year before he was corralled in, has been denied bail by a Federal Capital Territory High Court. The court cited procedural irregularities in the filing of the application, specifically that it was filed before Bello was present in court or in custody.
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Bello is facing charges brought by the EFCC over an alleged N110 billion money laundering case. His counsel, Jacob Daudu, argued that Bello would not interfere with witnesses or jump bail, but the EFCC counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, countered that the application was grossly incompetent and should be dismissed.
Interestingly, Bello, for a long while has been compelling public focus over a myriad sustained has been controversies, including allegations of electoral fraud, incitements to violence and COVID 19 response quotient. He has also been accused of other acts of corruption bothering on the misappropriation of security funds and office renovation expenses.
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During the preliminary hearing, the second defendant in the case, Umar Oricha, was granted bail in the sum of N300 million with two sureties. The court specified that the sureties must own properties in Abuja’s Maitama district valued at no less than the bail bond and must submit the original title documents to the court.
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