Hearing of an ex-parte motion for stay of proceedings filed by EFCC Chairman, Mr Ola Olukayode, against contempt charge instituted by former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, was on Monday stalled at the Court of Appeal, Abuja.
The case, scheduled for Monday, could not proceed due to a workshop organised by the appellate court, NAN reports The two-day workshop, organised by the Appeal Court on the Review of the 2023 Election Petition Tribunals/Court and Appeals, began today in Abuja. The appellate court had, on May 3, granted an ex-parte motion for a stay of contempt proceedings filed by the EFCC and issued against its chairman by a Kogi State High Court.
” The judge held that the EFCC’s act amounted to contempt, having laid siege on the residence of the former governor, as early as 8am on April 17, with a bid to arrest him despite a court order restraining them from taking such action, pending the determination of the originating motion. Justice Jamil’s order was based on a motion ex-parte filed by Bello, through his lawyer, M.S.
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