Immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has asked the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, to transfer his trial in alleged N80.2 billion money laundering suit to Lokoja.
The ex-governor said he preferred to be arraigned in Lokoja, being the place the alleged money laundering offence was committed.
Specifically, Adedipe said the transfer request was owing to the fact that the Federal High Court has territorial jurisdiction to hear the matter in Lokoja. “Although the letter requesting for transfer of this matter to Lokoja was written by Yahaya Bello’s lead counsel, Abdulwahab Mohammed , I am, however, under obligation to draw the attention of this honourable court to the issue,” he said.
The correspondence, addressed to EFCC counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo , was signed by the Special Assistant to the Chief Judge, Joshua Ibrahim Aji.
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