Court Bars EFCC From Arresting Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) permission to arrest the embattled former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.

This comes as a Kogi State High Court in Lokoja granted an order restraining the anti-graft agency from arresting, detaining and prosecuting Bello.

Recall that operatives of the EFCC had barricaded Bello’s house in Wuse, Abuja.

The siege came days after the former governor held a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House.

The agency is prosecuting the former governor over N84 billion fraud case.