Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has more than two years of reporting experience political parties and movements.


The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has remanded the case Yahaya Belloa former governor of Kogi State, in custody at the Kuje Correctional Center pending his bail application on Tuesday, December 10.


EFCC vs Yahaya Bello: Court sends former Kogi gov to Kuje prison
Court keeps Yahaya Bello in jail for alleged N110 billion fraud. Photo credit: Alhaji Yahaya Bello
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The court also adjourned the matter to January 29, February 25 and February 27, 2025 for further proceedings.


Legit.ng Judge Maryanne Anenih reported this in an earlier ruling on Tuesday rejected Bello’s bail applicationbecause it was filed on November 22, before his arrest on November 26 and his arraignment on November 27.



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Why Bello was denied bail


Judge Anenih ruled that the request, filed when Bello was neither in custody nor in court, was incompetent.


Bello is on trial together with his cousin and two others in an alleged case N110 billion in money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).


As Channels TV reported, it was of the view that the accused’s counsel, JB Daudu (SAN), had told the court that he had presented sufficient facts to grant him bail.


In two other judgments, Justice Anenih granted bail to each of Bello’s two co-accused, Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, in the sum of N300 million with two sureties in a similar amount, The Nation reported.


Read more about Yahaya Bello versus the EFCC here:



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Armed men kidnap Yahaya Bello’s assistant


In another development Legit.ng reported that armed men suspected to be kidnappers allegedly abducted Kabiru Onyene, an assistant to Yahaya Bello.


Onyene was abducted from his office in Okene Kogi on Monday, December 9 around 7:05 PM.


The number of Ggun-wielding men reportedly took him to an unknown destination.


Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and editor at Legit.ng.



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