PHOTOS: Yahaya Bello arraigned for N110b fraud

Former Kogi State governor, Yahays Bello has arrived at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja for the hearing on alleged N110 billion fraud preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

This is coming after he was taken into custody by the anti-graft agency on Tuesday.

NewsBand while quoting the spokesman of EFCC, Mr Dele Oyewale reported that Mr Bello was arrested at about 12:54pm on Tuesday and was detained in its Abuja office.

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He said that Yahaya Bello, who was declared wanted by the commission, never submitted himself but got arrested by the operatives of the agency in Abuja.

”We arrested him (Yahaya Bello) at 12.54pm; he did not surrender himself to the commission, three of his lawyers are here with him.

”Following his arrest, he is having a session with investigators of the commission.

”He is being detained in our custody and he is going to be arraigned in court accordingly.”

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