The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday granted bail to the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in the sum of N500 million, with two sureties in like sum.
This followed the former governor’s plea of not guilty to the 19-count charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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.
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