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FORMER KOGI STATE GOVERNOR YAHAYA BELLO GRANTED ₦500 MILLION BAIL
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama has granted former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello ₦500 million bail in connection with allegations of ₦110 billion fraud.
Justice Maryann Anenih approved the bail application on Thursday, conditional on Bello providing three sureties in like sum. The sureties must be responsible citizens with landed properties in prime areas of the FCT, including Guzape, Wuse 2, Apo, Asokoro, and Jabi.
Additionally, the sureties are required to submit two passport photographs each and provide valid means of identification, including their National Identification Number (NIN).
Bello is charged with violating sections 96 and 311 of the Penal Code Law Cap.89, Laws of Northern Nigeria, 1963, which are punishable under section 312 of the same law.
This development comes a week after Bello was granted bail by a federal high court in Abuja on a separate case involving alleged money laundering of ₦80 billion.
