Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been summoned by the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja over allegations of criminal breach of trust and possession of unlawfully acquired property.
The summons, issued by Justice Maryann E. Anenih, requires Yahaya Bello to appear in court on November 14, 2024, for offences committed between 2016 and 2023.
This order, revealed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, accuses Bello of violating Section 311 of the Penal Code Law and Section 319A for allegedly possessing property obtained illegally.
The public summons included the following excerpt:
“A complaint has been made on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that you, Yahaya Adoza Bello, sometimes within the year 2016 up until 2023… did commit offences to wit: criminal breach of trust… and having possession or control of property reasonably suspected to have been unlawfully obtained.”
“Yahaya Bello is expected to appear before “High Court No. 3, Maitama, on November 14, 2024, at 9.am,” the anti-graft agency noted via its page.
