September 26th, 2024
Fresh 16-count charges bordering on fraud have been filed against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, before an FCT High Court by the Federal Government, through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The charges filed through counsels for the EFCC, Kemi Pinheiro, Rotimi Oyedepo and 7 other lawyers, also joined one Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalam Hudu as defendants.
These were coming following the former governor’s absence at a Federal High Court, Abuja where he was being tried for alleged fraud to the tune of N80.2bn.
The charge sheet partly read, “That you, YAHAYA ADOZA BELLO, UMAR SHUAIBU ORICHA and ABDULSALAMI HUDU sometimes in 2016 in Abuja, within the jurisdictions of this Honourable Court agreed amongst yourselves to cause to be done an illegal act to wit: criminal breach of trust in respect of the total sum N110,446,470,089.00 entrusted to you.”