Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja has insisted that its order made on April 17, for the arrest and manufacturing of ex-governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello nonetheless subsists.
In a ruling delivered immediately Might 10, the courtroom held that it’s disrespectful for Bello to frustrate the efforts of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) to execute the arrest warrant it issued in opposition to him. The courtroom additionally held that it will not entertain the purposes filed by Bello except he appeared in courtroom and pleaded to a 19-count cash laundering cost introduced in opposition to him by the EFCC.
The decide additionally rejected the request by Bello’s lawyer, Abdulwahab Muhammed (SAN) that additional proceedings within the case be stayed pending the willpower of the attraction by the EFCC in relation to a contempt case earlier than a Excessive Court docket of Kogi state, sitting in Lokoja.
The EFCC is searching for to arraign Bello on 19 counts bordering on alleged cash laundering, breach of belief and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N80.2 billion.
