The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, is due to appear before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday in respect of contempt proceedings involving a $70 million judgment debt. A legal practitioner and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joe Agi, SAN, had obtained a judgment summons against Emefiele, following his alleged refusal to comply with the order of the court for the payment of the judgment debt.
Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been able to trace no fewer than 147 houses to Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello’s nephews, SaharaReporters has learnt. Yahaya Bello, some officials of his government and his relations have been on the prying eyes of the anti-graft agency recently.
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Aliyu Bello and Dauda Suleiman – two nephews of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello used by the governor to siphon N10.2 billion from the state government account are still in prison custody after failing to meet their bail conditions, SaharaReporters learnt on Friday. Initial reports only identified Aliyu Bello as the governor’s nephew but sources told SaharaReporters on Friday that both Aliyu and Dauda, who were remanded in prison on Thursday are Governor Bello’s nephews.
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