Immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who is facing a 19-count charge, has written a letter to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, pleading to be allowed to face his trial in Lokoja, the state capital.
Alhaji Bello made the plea in a letter he wrote through his team of lawyers led by Mr. Abdulwahab Mohammed (SAN).
He maintained that only the Lokoja Division of the high court has the territorial jurisdiction to handle the allegations that were raised against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
At the resumed proceeding in the matter on Thursday, Bello, reportedly failed to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja to enter his plea to the charge against him.
It was however learnt that a lawyer that announced appearance for him, Mr. Adeola Adedipe, SAN, brought the attention of trial Justice Emeka Nwite to the letter his client wrote to the CJ.
Addressing the court after the matter was called, Adedipe, SAN, said, “My lord, after the proceedings of the last adjourned date, I went back and gave a report of what happened in court to our team.
