By Onyewuchi Ojinnaka
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Maitama on Thursday issued a public summon against the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.
The court ordered Bello to appear in court and answer to a fresh 16-count charge pending against him.
By the summons, Bello is to appear in court on October 24 for his arraignment alongside two other defendants.
Justice Maryanne Anenih issued the order for public summons in a ruling on Thursday, upon an application brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).
Justice Anenih ordered the EFCC to publish the public summons in a widely circulating national newspaper
The judge further ordered the anti-graft agency to paste copies of the public summons on Bello’s last known address and in conspicuous places within the court premises.
The EFCC had claimed that it has been unable to serve Bello with the charge filed on September 24, in which the ex-governor and two others were charged with criminal breach of trust to the tune of N110.4billion.
The other two defendants in the charge are Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu.
Bello’s absence has stalled his arraignment earlier scheduled for Thursday(today)