- Safiu Kehinde
Former Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, has pleaded not guilty to the alleged N80 billion fraud levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Bello made the plea at the resumption of the hearing of his 19-count money laundering charge filed against him by the EFCC before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
At the resumed hearing, Counsel for the EFCC, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, notified the court of his intention to withdraw an earlier application for abridgment of the earlier date fixed for arraignment.
He said the application had been overtaken by events.
Counsel to the defendants, Joseph Daudu, SAN, did not object to this and Justice Emeka Nwite, accordingly granted the request, striking out the application.
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