The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on
Tuesday lost his move to get the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court to
grant him bail.
Justice Maryann struck out Bello’s bail application on the
ground that it was filed as of the time the former governor was yet to be taken
into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The application was filed on November 22 while the former
governor was taken into custody by the anti-graft agency on November 26 and
arraigned on November 27.
On November 27, the former governor was arraigned before
Justice Anenih-led court
Bello was arraigned alongside alongside Umar Shuaibu Oricha
and Abdulsalam Hudu in a 16-count charge filed against them by EFCC, on behalf
of the Federal Government.
In the charge before the FCT High Court, marked
FCT/HC/CR/778/24, the former governor is charged with criminal breach of trust
in respect of the sum of N110,446,470,089, among others, before the court
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