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The former governor is facing an alleged N80.2 billion money laundering accusation brought against him by the anti-graft agency before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
When the case was brought for hearing on Friday, EFCC Counsel Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, informed the Court that the Prosecution intends to withdraw an earlier move for abridgement of the earlier date set for arraignment.
He explained that the application had been overrun by events. The Defendant’s Counsel, led by Joseph Daudu, SAN, did not oppose, thus the Judge approved the request.
Daudu, applied for the bail of the defendant, whom he assured will be available to face his trial in the alleged money laundering charge preferred against him.
He stated that Bello is a two-term governor of Kogi state and will not jump bail if given by the court.
According to Daudu, the defense has been discussing bail with the prosecution for the previous three days in order to relieve the court of the burden of setting the former governor’s ball conditions.
The prosecution lawyer, Pinheiro, verified the representations of the lead counsel for the defense and stated, “We will not oppose the assurance by the lead senior counsel for the defense.”
The court has taken a break before returning to rule on the application for bail.
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