Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello arraignment is number seven on the cause list of Justice Emeka Nwite. Ex-Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, will be arraigned today at the Federal High Court in Abuja on alleged N82 billion fraud charges.
Bello is
expected to be put on trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) on behalf of the federal government.
However,
it could not be ascertained if the former governor would honor his promise to
make himself available for arraignment.
At the
time of this report, lawyers from the EFCC and Bello’s legal teams have arrived
in court without any trace of the defendant.
It will be
recalled that the former governor had, on four occasions, refused to appear in
court, citing various reasons, such as bias against him by the anti-graft
agency.
Today’s
arraignment is expected to be handled by Kemi Pinheiro, a Senior Advocate of
Nigeria (SAN), for the EFCC, while the defense team will be led by Adeola
Adedipe, another SAN.
The
charge, entitled “Federal Republic of Nigeria Versus Yahaya Bello,” is marked
HC/ABJ/CR/98/2024.
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