On medical grounds, Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has set a hearing date for July 17 to hear a request from Yahaya Bello, the immediate-ex-gouverneur of Kogi State, to leave the country.
His attorney, Joseph Daudu (SAN), informed the court that he had requested that the registrar grant his client’s request for the release of his client’s international passport so that he could travel for medical treatment.
However, the EFCC counsel had a counteraffidavit, claiming that granting the request could halt future proceedings.
In response to the counteraffidavit from the prosecution team, Daudu claimed that the defendant’s team had also submitted a further affidavit of 20 paragraphs, which the applicant had presented himself with two exhibits on July 7, 2025.
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“Exhibit C is the CTC of your lordship’s decision allowing the defendant to be released on bail, and Exhibit D is the FHC’s decision allowing him to be released.”
He continued, “We urged your lordship to grant our application by adopting these documents.”
responding to the prosecution’s claim that the request was a case of abuse of court due to the fact that a similar request was made at the FHC.
He argued that the court process could not have been used abusively. He argued in favor of the fact that the complainant was the one to bring those allegations before various courts.
Daudu claimed that applying in one court and not the other court would be futile.
The defendant should have given his sureties notice when he applied to leave the country, according to Chukwudi Enebele (SAN), the prosecution attorney, who defended the EFCC’s counteraffidavit.
He believes that the sureties must decide whether to remain his security when he travels.
The defendant’s attorney were also attempting to converge the courts by filing the same application at both the FCT High Court and Federal High Court, he added.
Daudu responded by saying that the sureties knew of this already.
It is a dead argument, to be sure, regarding the interpol issue. He has never broken the law of your lordship. They have even forgotten about those red alerts, the attorney continued, urging the court to approve the application.
Source: Channels TV
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