Abuja, Dec. 19, 2024 – Yahaya Bello, a former Governor of Kogi State, has been granted N500 million bail with three sureties by the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja.
Bello with two others, Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, are facing trial over a 16-count charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The charges border on criminal breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of N110.4 billion.
Justice MaryAnne Anenih, the trial judge, granted the bail on Thursday after a fresh bail application was brought to the court following the refusal of the court to grant an earlier application.
She also granted the second and third defendants bail in the sum of N300m with two sureties each.
On the conditions, the judge held that Bello must not travel without the permission of the court and should remain in the Kuje Correctional Facility until the bail conditions are met.
Bello must deposit two copies of his recent passport photograph alongside a photocopy of a means of identification to the court’s registrar.
His sureties must be responsible citizens who must be landowners in any of the listed areas in Abuja – Maitama, Guzape, Apo, Wuse 2 or Asokoro.
The sureties are to deposit the documents of the property with the court’s registrar alongside two recent passport photographs. (GBN)
