•Yahaya Bello Former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) declaration of him as wanted. Bello is facing a 19-count charge for allegedly laundering N80.2 billion, reports Nigerian Tribune. At the Federal High Court in Abuja, Bello’s lawyers, led b...
•Ododo and Bello arrive EFCC office in Abuja September 19 The Kogi State House of Assembly yesterday accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of attempting to assassinate Governor Usman Ododo and his predecessor, Yahaya Bello. The Assembly said the persecution of the former governor had dragged for too long and must be stopp...
•Former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello reportedly evaded arrest by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday, with the assistance of his successor, Governor Usman Ododo. The EFCC had laid siege to the Kogi State Government Lodge in Abuja in an attempt to apprehend Bello, ...
•Yahaya Bello One Hundred and fifty-three days after he was declared wanted, former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello yesterday turned up at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters, ready for questioning over an alleged mismanagement of N80.2billion. The EFCC, however, rejected the method by which he reported to the com...
•Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello The Media team of the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello has insisted that he was at the facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Earlier, the team said the ex-governor honoured the invitation after consultation with his legal team and political associates, reports The PUNCH. Rea...
•Yahaya Bello The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the embattled former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, is not in the custody of the anti-graft agency. In a statement today, Wednesday, EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale said the ex-governor remains wanted “for alleged N80.2 billion money laundering charges”. “Media reports toda...
•Yahaya Bello Former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello today honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The former governor was declared wanted by the EFCC for alleged fraud and corrupt enrichment while in office. A statement by his media team said the decision was after due consultations with family, legal team a...
•Embattled former Governor Yahaya Bello The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked INTERPOL in three North African countries of Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria to watch-list former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello, it was learnt at the weekend It was further learnt that the decision by the EFCC was based on credible intelligence, ...
The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who is facing a 19-count charge, has written a letter to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, pleading to be allowed to face his trial in Kogi. Ex-governor Bello, in the letter he wrote through his team of lawyers led […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has lambasted the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, accusing him of attempting to truncate the criminal case that was initiated against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The court, in the ruling that was delivered by Justice Emeka Nwite today, restated the [&he...
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