BREAKING: Court Refuses Yahaya Bello’s Bail Application
Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has refused to grant a bail application filed by the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, saying it was filed prematurely.
Delivering the ruling, Justice Anenih, said having been filed when he was neither in custody nor before the court, the instant application was incompetent.
The former governor is standing trial, along with two others, in an alleged N110bn money laundering charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In the arguments before the court on the bail application, the judge had said, “Before the court is a motion on notice, dated and filed on 22nd November. The 1st defendant seeks an order of this honourable court admitting him to bail pending the hearing and determination of the charge.
Yahaya Bello, former Kogi two terms Governor accused EFCC of politicizing his issues and also alleged that someone was using the Anti graft Agency to ternish his image, allegation the EFCC debunked.
