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Alleged N82 billion Fraud : Court Fixes June 27 For Formal Arraignment Of Yahaya Bello

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June 13, 2024
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, Fixed June 27 for the formal arraignment of former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State in case of money laundering preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).

The date was fixed following an agreement by the counsel to the two parties in the case.

Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is to be arraigned for an alleged money laundering amounting to N82 billion.

At the resumed hearing on Thursday, Counsel to Governor Bello, Adeola Adedipe, SAN, told the court that the EFCC lawyers approached AbdulWahab Mohammed SAN, who is the counsel for the defendant, that the June 13 date would not be convenient for them to proceed and that Wahab had to agree by way of convenience for another date to be set.

However, a mild drama ensued, when Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, announced appearance for EFCC and claimed ignorance of the agreement.

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Adedipe, SAN, who was in court for another matter, was surprised when he heard that Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, was in court for the Yahaya Bello/EFCC case.

“They (EFCC) agreed that junior counsel would be sent to court today to formally pick a date. And the registry can confirm this,” Adedipe said.

“Kemi Pinhero , SAN , has been calling us to say today is not convenient,” Kemi Pinhero is the lead counsel,” he said.

But for the decision of the EFCC to seek an adjournment to a future date for his arraignment, Governor Yahaya Bello, was said to be ready to appear in court today.

“Under 266 ACJA , there are instances when defendants don’t need to come and this is one of them.

“We came here to pick a date. Of what use will the defendant coming here be?

“It is the prosecuting counsel that approached us, we did not approach them. We have nothing to hide,” Adedipe noted.

In a strange twist, however, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, said he was not aware of any meeting that happened outside the court, that he did not know about the understanding to adjourn till 27th.

In his ruling, Justice Nwite adjourned the case to June 27 after an undertaking by Adedipe, SAN , that the defendant would appear on that day.

Nwite said, ordinarily, an agreement outside the court that a new date should be picked should not be enough to ignore the previous undertaking.
(vitalnewsngr.com)

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