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The alleged #80.2 billion fraud by the former governor of Kogi state is generating a lot of controversy as the trial judge has slammed and blasted the former governor for contempt of court and refusal to submit himself for trial. The judge said that the trial of Yahaya Bello must stand trial and that no repression should be entertained until he provides himself physically in court. Take a look at the response of the trial judge on Yahaya Bello. Justice Emeka Nwite angry at Bello.
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In a ruling, Justice Nwite stated that the application filed by the antigraft agency, that no application be heard without the defendant being in court, was meritorious.
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Justice Nwite held that Bello was trying to make rubbish out of a criminal case by choosing to stay in his house and not respect the court orders.
He held that “the motion filed by the defendant has no bearing”.
The trial judge ruled that
“A person who disobeys an order of court should not be given a hearing in any subsequent application.
“A defendant who disobeys an order of court is not entitled to be heard and the disobedience of the defendant by not making himself available for arraignment in this criminal trial under the disguise of an application is an attempt to frustrate the court and make it practically impossible for the court to take jurisdiction.
“He is taking the court for granted and taking its orders for levity.
“The honorable thing to do by the defendant was to honor the court and be present for his arraignment. The warrant of arrest is an order.
“He has disobeyed the order of this court. An order of court of competent jurisdiction, no matter how it was obtained, (arrest warrant) subsists until it is set aside”.
He explained to the court that EFCC had, by a motion ex-parte, gotten an order from the appellate Court to stop the contempt proceedings filed by his client.
He said the appellate court had already fixed May 20 to hear the case.
He prayed the trial court to await the conclusion of the appeal before continuing with the trial.
“We ask your lordship to wait since there is a matter at the Court of Appeal following the contempt filed against the EFCC chairman by the defendant we appealed just yesterday and the matter is coming up Friday.
“I have drawn your lordship’s notice to a motion we filed on the 9th of May 2024, to draw your lordship attention to a suit marked CA/ABJ/CB/413/2024, having the EFCC as appellant and Yahaya Bello as the respondent. It is basically to challenge the contempt proceedings initiated on behalf of Yahaya Bello at the High Court of Justice Lokoja, wherein by the said order of the high court delivered on the 9th of Feb 2024 in suit number HCL/68M/2024, the said high court restrains the complainant from prosecuting, from filing, or otherwise persecuting Yahaya Bello,” Mohammed said.Justice Emeka Nwite angry at Bello.
Justice Emeka Nwite angry at Bello.
EFCC’s counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, disagreed with Mohammed’s submission and urged the court not to grant any request of the defendant until he appears in court.
He said “Your Lordship by virtue of today, I humbly pray your Lordship not to entertain that application until the defendant is here and this not the first time the judiciary will say you cannot disobey me and be asking for the discretion of the court. In the very unlikely event that my lordship says let me look at it, that application cannot be entertained in law,
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