Appeal Court stays execution of high court judgment against EFCC on Yahaya Bello

The Court of Appeal, Abuja has stayed the execution of judgement of the Kogi State High Court against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and its chairman, Ola Olukoyede.

The appellate tribunal stayed the contempt proceeding commenced by the erstwhile Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, against the Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede.

The Court of Appeal, presided implicit by Justice Joseph Kayode Oyewole successful a ruling connected ex-parte granted the EFCC’s exertion to service the processes successful the Appeal by substituted means connected the erstwhile Governor.

The Court consequently adjourned the proceeding of the question connected announcement to May 20, 2024.

The EFCC brag who was summoned to look earlier the Kogi State High Court connected May 13, 2024, to amusement origin connected wherefore helium should not beryllium committed to situation for disobeying the orders of the court, had appealed the ruling of the proceedings Court and sought a enactment of the proceeding of the Court.

The EFCC brag is facing a contempt complaint for carrying retired “some acts upon which they (the EFCC) person been restrained” by the Court connected February 9, 2024, pending the determination of the substantive originating motion.

Justice I. A. Jamil, delivering a ruling successful Suit No: HCL/68M/2024 and question No: HCL/190M/2024, ordered that “the said enactment was carried retired by the responsive (EFCC) successful usurpation of the order, which was valid and subsisting erstwhile they carried retired the act.

The Judge besides said that the aforesaid enactment of the responsive amounts to Contempt.

EFCC operatives had laid siege connected the residence of the contiguous past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, arsenic aboriginal arsenic 8am connected April 17, 2024, with a bid to apprehension him, contempt a tribunal bid restraining them from taking specified action, pending the determination of the originating motion.

Justice Jamil’s bid was based connected a question ex-parte filed by Yahaya Bello done his lawyer, M.S. Yusuf, wherever helium prayed the tribunal for an bid to contented and service the responsive (EFCC Chairman) with Form 49 announcement to amusement origin wherefore bid of committal should not beryllium made connected Olukoyede.