Mr Bello’s latest absence from court on Wednesday comes about a week after his controversial surrender at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja on 18 September.
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According to Mr Adoyi, the appeals were filed at the Supreme Court on 23 September, which was five days after his dramatic visit to EFCC headquarters on 18 September. Mr Pinheiro said he was in court with two prosecution witnesses in hopes that Mr Bello would appear for his arraignment and trial would begin thereafter.
On Tuesday, EFCC’s prosecutor, Mr Pinheiro, wrote Mr Bello’s lead defence lawyer, Mr Muhammed, to remind the defence team about the need to produce the defendant for Wednesday ’s proceedings.It reminded the defence of the two judgements of the Court of Appeal in Abuja delivered on 17 August and 20 August 2024 ordering the former governor to make himself available for arraignment before taking any further steps regarding the matter.
“The court never directed the defendant to present himself at the EFCC car park; charges are not read at the car park,” he said. The commission alleged in the charges that the former governor diverted more than N80 billion from the Kogi State Government’s treasury as governor of Kogi State. At a point, he wrote the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho, to transfer the case to the Lokoja Division of the court. But the Chief Judge rejected the request and asked him to present the request before the trial judge. The trial judg, Mr Nwite, similarly refused the application.Later in August, the Court of Appeal in Abuja reaffirmed the power of the EFCC to prosecute the former governor.
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