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Alleged N110.4billion Fraud: Court Denies Yahaya Bello Bail, Orders his Remand in Kuje Correctional Centre

Justice Maryann Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, refused to grant bail to former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello on the ground that his bail application was filed prematurely and intended to preempt the court. Bello, alongside Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a 16-count charge of criminal breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of N110.4 billion. Delivering ruling on Bello’s bail application, the judge held that the appl…

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