Court Freezes Kogi State Bank Account Over Alleged Fraud Involving N20Billion Bailout Loan | Sahara Reporters

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EFCC had approached the court for the order in an ex parte application brought pursuant to section 44(2) of the Constitution

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the freezing of a bank account belonging to Kogi State government over a N20 billion loan obtained from Sterling Bank Plc.Justice Tijjani Garba Ringim on Tuesday ordered that the said account should be frozen pending the conclusion of investigation or possible prosecution by the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Abdulrasheed Bawa.A counsel from the agency, A. O.

According to the deponent, on the June 19, 2019, the Kogi State Government, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, office of the Honourable Commissioner, applied for credit facility of Twenty Billion Naira , with an interest rate of 9 percent for a tenure of 240 months from Sterling Bank Plc. He added that the said facility was meant to augment the salary payment and running cost of the state government.

 

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My governor my governor. Yaya Belo think fulani people are he's mother's siblings. This is just the beginning

his next youth president for the Zoo ,after his mentor imposter Buhari disappear by 2023,we are waiting,all must face the wrath in a short while

Youth president

...and the civil servants in kogi state are suffering...the guy want to run for president of kogi state..

Fmr deputy governor achuba was complaining about this before him and his now deputy governor planned to kick him out of office! This people are milking Kogi states resources dry every day 🤮🤮

H.E Youth nominated Presidency

What is he still doing on that seat?..

We must fight this war to save our ancestral land till fulani disappears from Nigeria, Igbo Hausa Yoruba middlebelt the time has come to fight a war of freedom.4 tribes in Nigeria cannot be wiped out by one small tribe fulani.Fulani are greedy,fulani has seized everything.

datogoniboy_

36 Christians massacred in kaduna by fulani herdsmen/terrorists just 3 or 4 days ago,but Nigeria army is arresting Christians who stood to defend themselves. No single arrest of any fulani herdsmen was made till now.Nigeria only solution is disintegration,US we need separation

Workers had gotten their August salaries anyway.

Biggest thief in Nigerias right now

realFFK still involve for the fraud. Can you freeze his account also? officialEFCC 😡😡

Seriously, I wonder how some kogi people still workship this idiot. YorubaNationNow BuhariMustGo

The thief want to take his stealing to National level. Ode

And d rogue wanna be presidiot!

Our future President in the mud

Who is daring Buhari's son? We all know it won't work. Possibly they must have alerted him to remove the remaining cash before they freeze it. No be 9ja we dey?

Yahaya has been using the money to entertain footballers nah

Now I see why FFK changed base. The oil well has been closed.

Yute President 😂😂😂

And this one want to be president, him own will worst 10X pass this current blood thirsty devil 😈

Mr. President Bello of Kogi State. Yeye man. Is this the so called Presidential candidate?! Why does Nigeria continue to produce these crazies? Why keep the money in Sterling bank? What interest has this fund generated from the Fixed Deposit Account? Nigeria

ibrahimNuhu9 interesting

Guy wan take money campaign

What Kogi Can't Do Doest Exist 😂😂

grandespinale gadzeelah bakarelawal umbra4 opsoniteblue nothing to see here yahyabelloforpresident

This is a lie from the pit of hell

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Yeye... Sorry, Yahaya Bello the celebrity picture taker second to his chairman FFK. E use the bail out funds take invite celebrities from around the world

Shame on you sahara.

Man need money plenty cash for his presidential ambition

Fake news

Won ti fi account play nairabets

Sahara reporter with fake news always

This man is a youthful disaster in Kogi. Now, Ebiras have taken over from Igala and have become the worse ever in leadership. Smh!

Fake News!

Does he want to decamp?😁😁😁😁😁

See person way won go for president, a thief and a arm robber, Nigeria is doom with this man if elected as president 🖕🖕

When Jim Iyke & the rest were endorsing him for president, did you all think he was giving them pure water?😂😂😂

THE FUTURE PRESIDENT OOO, WHAT IS HAPPENING, HE IS THE 'CHOICE' OF 'NIGERIAN YOUTHS' NA HE SHOULD CALL/MOBILIZE NIGERIAN YOUTHS TO GO AFTER THE RED JACKET FOLKS😂😂😂

Youth governor is doing well

Someone's friend and brother 😁

This is APC state, they will Unfreeze it with just a phone call.

Presidential aspirant, I hail ooo.

Maybe aso rock protocol boy was off duty this time around.

Kogi people ur governor don deh use state account pick funds for boys 😲 hold ham tight for your % ooo

Yahaya is now having his own share .... EFcc will finish him

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