Alleged N80.2Bn Fraud: Court Crashes Yahaya Bello’s Moves against Arraignment ***Asks LPDC to Investigate Bello’s Lawyers for Professional Misconduct

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 turned down an application by a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello seeking a stay of proceedings and stalling of his arraignment in the alleged N80.2billion money laundering charge instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Also, the court has asked the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, to investigate Bello’s counsel, Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN and Adeola Adedipe, SAN, for professional misconduct for reneging on their undertakings to produce the former

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Source	EFCC
Collection	Anti-corruption and elections
Kind	Document
Publisher	Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Date	2024-07-17
Type	press-release
Found at	https://www.efcc.gov.ng/news/alleged-n80-2bn-fraud-court-crashes-yahaya-bellos-moves-against-arraignment-asks-lpdc-to-investigate-bellos-lawyers-for-professional-misconduct
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Alleged N80.2Bn Fraud: Court Crashes Yahaya Bello’s Moves against Arraignment ***Asks LPDC to Investigate Bello’s Lawyers for Professional Misconduct. EFCC, 2024. Vero Archive, record efcc:news:12641.