THE Court of Appeal in Abuja, will today, hear the appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) challenging a Kogi State High Court decision that temporarily halted the arrest of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The high court had on February 9, 2024, issued an order preventing …
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A former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Bello Adoke, has denied releasing any statement to support the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. Newsextra24 reports that a post credited to Adoke emerged on social media over the weekend in support of the embattled …
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THE Nigeria Police Force has detained the female aide-de-camp (ADC) and several other police officers attached to the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, following suspicions of their involvement in aiding his escape from law enforcement. The detentions occurred at the State Criminal Investigation Department in the Federal Capital …
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AS the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) continues to make efforts to arrest former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello, a video of the former governor’s wife dolling out ₦1 million each to the ex-governor’s aides has surfaced on social media. Newsextra24 on Thursday reported that the EFCC declared Yahaya Bello wanted after the …
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FORMER Nigerian Minister of Information and Communication, Frank Nweke, has reacted to the current ordeal of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. Newsextra24 reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) declared Yahaya Bello wanted in a circular made available to journalists on Thursday. Recall that the operatives of the anti-graft …
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THE Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has withdrawn all police officers attached to the embattled former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The IGP made the order for the withdrawal of the police escort known in a police wireless message on Thursday night. According to SaharaReporters, the document with …
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Newsextra24 earlier reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had asked all security agencies to place Yahaya Bello on their watch list to prevent him from leaving the country “through any land, air or sea borders.” Granting the request and circulating the EFCC directive, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in an …
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered that a warrant be issued to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for immediate arrest of former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on EFCC’s ex-parte motion, held that after listening to the submission of …
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OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, stormed the residence of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Abuja over alleged N84 billion fraud. The EFCC had, on March 14, 2024, dragged Bello through the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, presided over by …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello with an N80 billion fraud allegation. The anti-graft agency slammed the former Governor with the charges and dragged him to court just a few days after he handed over power on January 27, 2024, Trojan News reports. It is …
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