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3. In paragraph 3 of the Publication, the EFCC stated that they invited Alhaji Yahaya Bello immediately after his tenure ended on the 27th of January 2024. We challenge the EFCC to publish a copy of the invitation delivered to Yahaya Bello. They should also tell Nigerians the date the alleged invitation was delivered and to whom it was delivered. We are certain that thewill not be able to produce any of the foregoing as, to date, they have yet to invite Alhaji Yahaya Bello.
7. It must be noted that as of September 2015, when he was said to have conspired with a Kogi State Government official and others to convert 80 Billion Naira, he was not yet the Governor of Kogi State and never had any financial transaction with the Kogi State Government. 11. The belief of the imminent dramatic arrest, which eventually occurred on the 17th of April 2024 in Abuja, was indeed predicted in paragraph 36 of the Affidavit in Support of the Originating Summons filed on the 8th of February 2024.
15. It is pertinent to note that every Court has the inherent power to grant orders to protect the subject matter of the suit before it to ensure that by the time judgment is delivered, the suit before it has not been rendered useless by a party who has resulted to self-help. This was the aim of the Order of that Court!
18. By filing the Charge, the EFCC violated the Order of the interim order of the High Court of Justice of Kogi State which was still extant and subsisting and which effectively prohibited the EFCC from prosecuting Alhaji Yahaya Bello! This was, in this case, the 1st disobedience to Court Order! 22. It therefore follows that the attempt to arrest Alhaji Yahaya Bello on the 17th Day of April 2024 was a violation of the Order of the High Court of Justice of Kogi State granted on 9th February 2024. This was the 2nd disobedience to the Court.
26. It must also be noted that the EFCC never produced the Warrant they obtained at Yahaya Bello’s Residence before they dispersed.