Yahaya Bello gets N500m bail, barred from foreign trips20th December 2024Yahaya Bello
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The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, granted N500m bail to the immediate-past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, who is being tried for alleged N10.4bn fraud.
The judge ordered the ex-governor to deposit his passport, ruling that he cannot travel out of the country except with the permission of the court.
Bello, alongside Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalam Hudu, is facing 16 counts bordering on conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and possession of unlawfully obtained property.
They were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on November 27 but pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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Justice MaryAnne Anenih had on December 10 rejected Bello’s original bail application, holding that it was premature and unprocedural, having been filed before the ex-governor was arrested or brought before the court.
The judge, however, granted bail to the co-defendants in the sum of N300m each and adjourned the matter till January.
On Thursday, however, Bello, through his lawyer, J. B. Daudu (SAN), presented a fresh bail application, which the judge heard and granted.
