Mr Bello risks spending the entire Christmas and New Year festivity period and, in fact, the whole 50 nights before the next hearing day in January in prison.
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The judge, Maryanne Anenih, issued the remand order after rejecting Mr Bello’s bail application on Tuesday. Support journalism driven by facts, created by Nigerians for Nigerians. Our thorough, researched reporting relies on the support of readers like you.However, in two other rulings, the court granted bail to Mr Bello’s co-defendants – Umar Oricha and Abdulsalam Hudu.Open in WhatsApp
He also has another opportunity to approach a designated vacation judge of the court that would conduct hearings during the festivity period. But he would have to demonstrate the existence of extraordinary and emergency situations to warrant the listing of his bail application for hearing during the period.
Apart from the N110 billion corruption trial, Mr Bello faces another pending case involving N80 billion in alleged money laundering at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
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