Yahaya Bello: Court Halts Contempt Charges Against EFCC Boss

Temporary reprieve may have come the way of Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the Court Of Appeal in Abuja has ordered the stay of proceedings in the contempt charge instituted by Yahaya Bello, former Kogi governor, against him.

It would be recalled that a Kogi state high court presided over by Isa Jamil Abdullahi, had ordered Olukoyede to appear before it on May 13 to show why he should not be committed to prison for allegedly disobeying its order restraining the EFCC from arresting or taking any action against Bello.

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However, the EFCC chairman filed an appeal against the court summons.

Olukoyede filed two motions — one seeking a stay of execution of the summon — and another one asking to serve processes on Bello via substituted means by pasting the process at his Abuja residence on No 9 Benghazi Street Wuse Zone 4.

In its ruling on Friday, a three-member panel of justices led by Joseph Oyewole granted the two motions.

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The appellate court fixed May 20 for the hearing of the substantive appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/413/2024.