An ex-Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, could appear in court today about an alleged N110bn fraud.
He is currently detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja.
Bello was declared wanted by the anti-graft agency in April over an alleged N110bn fraud, but he was finally grilled after all efforts to have him arrested and stand trial proved abortive.
Since filing the charges against the former Kogi governor, the EFCC has not been able to bring him to court for arraignment.
The commission had initially filed 19 charges against Bello and his nephews Ali Bello, Dauda Suliman, and Abdulsalam Hudu for money laundering offenses amounting to over N80bn.
However, the charges were reduced to 16 on September 25, and the total sum allegedly laundered rose to over N110bn.
Along with other defendants, he was alleged to have used the money to buy 12 houses in various locations in Abuja.
The EFCC said the offenses were contrary to Section 311 of Penal Code Law Cap 89 Laws of Northern Nigeria, 1963, and Punishable under Section 312 of the same Law.
