The FCT High Court has remanded former governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In her ruling on Wednesday, Justice Maryann Anenih ordered that he should remain with the anti-graft agency till December 10 when the court will rule on his bail application.
Bello’s co-defendants Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu were also remanded in custody after initially getting administrative bail.
They pleaded not guilty to a 16-count charge of conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and possession of unlawfully obtained property.
They are facing trial over their alleged complicity in N110 billion fraud.
Specifically, the EFCC alleged that the former governor misused state funds to acquire property within and outside the country.
Some of the assets include No. 35 Danube Street, Maitama District, Abuja (N950 million), No. 1160 Cadastral Zone C03, Gwarimpa II District, Abuja (N100 million), and No. 2 Justice Chukwudifu Oputa Street, Asokoro, Abuja (N920 million).
Others are Block D Manzini Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja (N170 million), Hotel Apartment Community: Burj Khalifa, Dubai (Five Million, Six Hundred and Ninety-Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eighty-Eight Dirhams), Block 18, Gwelo Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja (N60 million), and No. 9 Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja (N310.4 million).
