Yahaya Bello arrives at FCT High Court amid alleged fraud case

At the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has arrived for the hearing on the N110 billion fraud case that has been filed against him.

This came after he accepted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) invitation on Tuesday.

The former governor was the target of a 110 billion dollar fraud action brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The former governor, wearing a blue cap and a white kaftan, was joined by EFCC representatives.

The FCT High Court’s Justice Maryanne Anenih will hear his arraignment.

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The EFCC has filed a new N110 billion 16-count indictment against the former governor, Umar Oricha, and Abdulsalami Hudu, charging them as first and third defendants, respectively.

But the panel has granted administrative bail to Oricha and Hudu, the other defendants.

The 30-day deadline for the previously issued summons was still open, so the EFCC requested an adjournment until Wednesday, November 27 in the new case it had initiated against Bello at the most recent hearing on November 14.

However, the EFCC requested an extension of time for the first defendant to appear in court and accepted his co-defendants, Abdulsalami Hudu and Umar Oricha, to administrative bail.