Court Sends Yahaya Bello's Lawyers To Disciplinary Committee ~ OsazuwaAkonedo
Court Sends Yahaya Bello's Lawyers To Disciplinary Committee ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Kogi #Abdulsalam #Abdulwahab #Adedipe #Adeola #Ali #Bello #Dauda #Hudu #Kemi #LPDC #Mohammed #news #Pinheiro #Suleiman #Yahaya https://osazuwaakonedo.news/court-sends-yahaya-bellos-lawyers-to-disciplinary-committtee/17/07/2024/ #EFCC Published: July 17th, 2024 Reshared: July 18, 2024 12:11 am Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sent the lawyers of the former Kogi State Governor,
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00:00Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sent the lawyers of the former Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello to the Legal Practitioners' Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, for investigation following their actions in handling the case of 80.2 million nairas alleged fraud committed by the former governor.
00:13According to a news statement from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the court asked the LPDC to investigate the lawyers who are senior advocates of Nigeria for the scoundrels profiling to produce Yahaya Bello in court.
00:24The news release reads, in court below does, Justice Emeka Nwai of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, told down an application by a former governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello seeking a stay of proceedings and stalling of his arraignment in the alleged 80.2 million nairas money laundering charge instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
00:42Also, the court has asked the Legal Practitioners' Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, to investigate Bello's counsel, Abdulrahman Mohamed, S.A.N. and Adeola Adedepe, son, for professional misconduct for reneging on their undertakings to produce the former governor for arraignment.
00:57The court had on June 27, 2024, slated Wednesday for ruling on an application by the EFCC's lead counsel, Kelly Pinheiro, son, praying the court to hold Mohamed and Adedepe for contempt of court at the resumed session of the court on Wednesday.
01:10Mohamed tried frantically to persuade the court to allow stay of proceedings, arguing that appeals have been entered at the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division. Both prosecution and defense counsels held the court in fiery arguments over the ruling.
01:21Pinheiro submitted that Bello's lawyers were only trying to arrest the ruling meant for Wednesday on their failed undertakings to produce their client for arraignment.
01:29He cited several authorities to establish the fact that since the matter brought before the appellate court had not been determined, the trial court should not hold proceedings on the matter before it.
01:37Ruling on the EFCC's application to hold Mohamed and Adedepe for contempt of the court in view of their failure to honor the undertakings they meant to produce the former governor for arraignment, Justice Dwight asked the Legal Practitioners' Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, to investigate the two senior lawyers for professional misconduct.
01:51He stressed that Bello's lawyers failed to bring their client for arraignment against their assurances and undertakings before the court.
01:57The judge also initially refused to grant the application of withdrawal of services to Bello by Adedepe.
02:13However, after passionate appeals by Pinheiro, he granted and both directed Adedepe to make a formal application before the court to that effect.
02:21Meanwhile, Abdul Wahab said he would try to bring Bello to court on the next adjourned date, though without taking any undertaking to that effect.
02:27Pinheiro informed the court that the prosecution on its part would make the necessary arrangement to bring the former governor to court as the EFCC was making efforts to liaise with other sister security agencies to extract the defendant from the Kogiste government house where he is hibernating.
02:40Justice Dwight thereafter adjourned the matter till September 25, 2024 for arraignment.
02:46Bello is facing prosecution alongside his nephew, Ali Bello.
02:49Dr. Suleman and Abdul Salam Hidu on 19 count charges bothering on money laundering to the tune of N80,246,470,089 and 88 combos combo only.