The immediate former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has finally made it to the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja for the hearing on alleged N110 billion fraud preferred against him.
It would be recalled that the former governor absconded for months, leading to his being was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in April 2024.
He reported at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday and was quizzed.
Since filing the charges against the former governor, the commission has not been able to bring him to court for arraignment.
The commission had initially filed 19 charges against Bello, along with his nephews Ali Bello, Dauda Suliman and Abdulsalam Hudu for money laundering offences amounting to over N80bn.
Watch the former governor in court this morning here.
