Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello continued to evade trial on Thursday by failing to respond to a summons for arraignment before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja. This latest case involves allegations of N110 billion fraud. The judge, Maryann Anenih, had issued the summons on 3 October. She also granted the Economic … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed fresh corruption charges against former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, who is still being wanted for an earlier money laundering case. EFCC accuses Mr Bello in the fresh case of dishonestly diverting more than N110 billion from the Kogi State Government’s treasury while he was governor … Read more
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday ordered former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to surrender himself for arraignment in the N80 billion money laundering case pending against him at the Federal High Court in Abuja. A three-member panel led by Hamma Barka gave the order after dismissing appeals filed by Mr Bello seeking … Read more
The Federal High Court in Abuja rejected on Wednesday former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello’s application to halt his arraignment on N80 billion money laundering charges. The judge, Emeka Nwite, also referred Mr Bello’s lawyers – Abdulwahab Mohammed and Adeola Adedipe, both Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) – to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) … Read more
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has overturned the ruling of the Kogi State High Court summoning the chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, to answer to a contempt charge initiated by former Governor Yahaya Bello. The former Kogi State governor had filed the contempt suit against Mr Olukoyede for … Read more
Former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has asked his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello, to come out of hiding and answer his case with the Economic and Financial Crime Commission(EFCC). Mr Ortom stated this on Sunday at the Redeemed Church in Makurdi during the thanksgiving service organised by his aides to mark his 63rd birthday … Read more
The immediate-past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has denied paying $720,000 from the state treasury for his children’s tuition fees. The chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, on Tuesday, accused Mr Bello of stealing the funds while his administration was coming to an end to pay his children’s education … Read more
Details of how the American International School Abuja offered to refund $720,000 allegedly paid by a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, for his children’s tuition fees have emerged. The school’s letter, which went viral online on Friday, showed that the former governor paid the money in August 2021, in advance for school terms his … Read more
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday, gave more details of the criminal case against former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello. The agency has already charged Mr Bello with 19 counts of money laundering involving over N80 billion at the Federal High Court in Abuja but has been … Read more
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday okayed the amended N10 billion money laundering charges filed against Ali Bello, a nephew of the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had filed the amended charges on 5 February, raising the number of counts from 10 to 17 … Read more
