A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s application for adjournment in a fresh charge against the immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, and two others until November 14.
Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, who appeared for the EFCC, made the oral application before Justice Maryann Anenih.
The former governor, alongside Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, are being prosecuted as 1st to 3rd defendants, respectively, in the 16-count charge.
Oyedepo informed the court that at the last adjourned date, the court issued a public summons against the former governor, directing that the same be published and that the charge be pasted.
Justice Anenih, however, interjected, stating that she did not give an order that the charge be pasted alongside the summons.
Oyedepo, who admitted, said he had expected the 1st defendant to be in court, even though the 30-day duration of the summons would be on Nov. 14.
