Nigeria: N80bn Fraud Charges – Court Asks EFCC to Serve Yahaya Bello Through His Lawyer

A judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja also ordered Mr Bello’s defence lawyer to accept service of the N80 billion money laundering charges on his behalf.

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to serve former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State with the money laundering charges against him through his lawyer.

The trial judge, Emeka Nwite, issued the order following Mr Bello’s absence from court on Tuesday.

It made it the second…

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