The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to the embattled former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in the sum of N500 million with two sureties in the like sum.
Trial judge Justice Emeka Nwite, who granted the bail application, held that the sureties must be owners of landed properties in Abuja.
Bello was arraigned on a 19-count money laundering charges to the tune of N80 billion instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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