Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Yahaya Bello: Court to Rule on EFCC Application on Re-examination of Witness, June 26

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, May 9, 2025, adjourned proceedings in the trial of the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello till June 26 and 27, and July 3 and 4, 2025 for ruling on the relief sought by the EFCC's counsel, to re-examine its third witness, Nicholas Ojehomon on the matter of the school fees of the defendant’s children in American International School, Abuja, AISA. The EFCC is prosecuting Bello on a 19-count charge, bordering on criminal breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of N80.2 billion. The charges are in violation of Se…