The Nation Newspaper UPDATED: EFCC threatens to involve military in arresting Yahaya Bello
has threatened to involve the military in executing the order issued on Wednesday by Justice Emeka Nwite for the arrest of the immediate past Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello.
“We can invite the military to enter the building where he is being kept to execute the order of this court,” he said. He said since the defendant was not in court but represented by a team of lawyers, they should be served with the charge filed against their client, who escaped being served and arrested the previous day.On being asked why Bello was absent, his lawyer, Abdulwahab Muhammed said the ex-Governor was not in court because there is a subsisting order of a High Court of Koki State barring the EFCC from arresting and prosecuting him in respect of the current case.
He added: “This court should ask them whether there is an order restraining them, whether they have not appealed and whether they are not trying to place this court on a collision course with the Court of Appeal. Mohammed told the court that the substantive suit was decided on Wednesday in favour of his client, adding that the court held that Bello cannot be arrested or detained.He read part of the judgment, where he noted that the Kogi court ordered that the EFCC must first obtain the leave of a superior court before arresting of prosecuting Bello.
He cited Section 382 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act and sought the leave of court to deliver the charge and supporting documents to the defence lawyer, who has unconditionally announced his appearance for the defendant. He added: “It therefore becomes unnecessary to bring a formal application to present the same materials to the counsel already before the court. Criminal proceedings before this court are summary trial.”
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