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    Yahaya Bello Vs EFCC: None Of The Defendants Paid Money Into Our Company’s Account – Commission’s Witnesses

    By Farouk AbbasJune 25, 2025
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    • Case Adjourned To Oct 8 For Continuation Of Hearing

    THE Federal Capital Territory High Court has adjourned hearing in the alleged money laundering case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, and two others, to October 8, 9, and November 12, 13, 2025, for continuation of hearing.

    When the case was called, on Wednesday, for continuation of hearing, the Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, told the court that he had no dealings with the three defendants throughout the transactions on the property at the centre of examination.

    When asked to also confirm if the names of the defendants appeared on any of the transaction documents, the witness, Segun Adeleke, a manager at Efab Property Limited, said he did not know any of the three defendants.

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    “This is the first time I am seeing His Excellency (Yahaya Bello) in person, although I have seen him before in print and electronic media but not in any transaction,” he stressed.

    The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Fabian Nwora, had confirmed to the court that none of the three defendants in the case paid money into the account of his company, Efab Property Limited.

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    Nwora, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the company, said he knows the former governor, but maintained that his name did not feature in the transaction being referred to.

    He said he opened negotiations on the said property but that the negotiations were concluded by Segun Adeleke, who is the EFCC’s second witness (PW2).

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    Nwora had, at a previous hearing, testified that he was invited to the EFCC on February 8, 2023, regarding a transaction between Shehu Bello and EFAB Property on a property located at No. 1 Ikogosi Street, Maitama, noting that it was the said Shehu that approached him for the property.

    Adeleke, the PW2, while being examined by the Prosecution Counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, reiterated that, in 2020, his chairman, Nwora, gave him the brief of the property, which Shehu Bello showed interest in.

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    He said the deal was concluded and N500 million paid for the said property.

    When the prosecution lawyer asked what happened afterwards, the witness said Shehu Bello returned to their office, with the agreement, to tell his chairman that he was no longer interested in the property as a result of EFCC investigation.

    “My Chairman said he would revert after consulting with our Company Secretary,” he stated.

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    The EFCC lawyer also asked about some documents issued to one Nuhu Muhammed with respect to a property in the Gwarinpa area of the Federal Capital Territory.

    The witness confirmed that the documents were issued to the said Nuhu Muhammed after he purchased one of the units of the detached bungalows.

    At that point, the Defence Counsel,  Joseph Daudu, SAN, objected, saying, “My lord, there is a clear disconnect between the documents sought to be tendered and the foundation laid by the witness himself.”

    The Prosecution, however, said the objection was misconceived and it was subsequently overruled by the Judge.

    Responding, while being cross-examined by the Defence Counsel, the witness confirmed that he had testified to a similar evidence at the Federal High Court before Justice Emeka Nwite.

    He admitted that he was brought into the transaction after the processed had commenced, that he did not initiate it.

    Daudu, SAN, told the witness that while giving evidence before Justice Nwite, he had said that funds for the said property at Gwarinpa were transferred at once.

    He added that he had now contradicted himself  before Justice Anenih by saying it was done in two tranches.

    The witness said it was in two tranches and that he had receipts, but admitted later that he did not know the Nuhu Muhammed.

    Another witness, on subpoena, Mrs. Williams Abimbola, tendered the statement of account of Kogi State Government House, along with the Certificate of Identification.

    The defence counsels  said they would speak to the document appropriately in the course of the trial.

    Justice Maryann Anenih thereafter adjourned the case to October 8, 9, and November 12, 13, 2025, for continuation of hearing.

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