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    The American International School Abuja agreed to refund $760,910.84 paid for children’s tuition in advance by the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, as revealed in a letter sent by the school to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The newly inaugurated governor of Kogi State, Usman Ododo, is under fire for appointing his predecessor, Yahaya Bello's nephew, Ali Bello, who is being

Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has announced the appointment of Dr. Folashade Ayoade as the Secretary to the State Government. Ayoade, was the SSG in the last eight years of the immediate past Governor, Yayaha Bello. The governor also announced Ali Bello, a nephew to Yahaya Bello, as the Chief of Staff. The new CoS to the Kogi governor is being prosecuted by Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 18 counts bordering on money laundering and mi...

The nephew of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Mr Ali Bello has sued the American International School, Abuja (AISA) over a breach of contractual Agreement for Prepaid School Fees Until Graduation duly executed in 2021. He is seeking among others N100million in damages against the school authorities for refunding the sum of $760,910.84 paid to the school account towards the education of Governor Bello's children to a third party, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witho...

Facts have emerged on how the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seized the $760,910.84 that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State paid to American International School, Abuja, as prepaid school fees for four children until graduation, over alleged money laundering.   Documents obtained by SaharaReporters on Thursday show that Governor Bello through his nephew, Mr Ali Bello had entered an agreement with the school to pay tuition for his four children up to graduation in advance to se...

 

The money laundering trial of Ali Bello, nephew of the Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, and three others, was on Tuesday stalled at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court.   This followed the absence of Ahmed Raji, SAN, the lead counsel for the defendants.   The suit was filed against Mr Bello and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the News Agency of Nigeria reports.   Mariam Ediawe, a lawyer, who held Mr Raji’s brief, said she was indisposed.

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The court issued the order of interim forfeiture on the assets linked to the Kogi State government on the grounds that they are reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crimes.

The Federal High Court, Abuja has admitted Ali Bello, nephew to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, and three others to a N500 million bail each in their alleged N3 billion fraud trial.