{"id":347157,"date":"2024-11-27T11:23:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=347157"},"modified":"2024-11-27T11:23:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:23:41","slug":"yahaya-bello-2-others-plead-not-guilty-to-criminal-charges-by-efcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/11\/27\/yahaya-bello-2-others-plead-not-guilty-to-criminal-charges-by-efcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahaya Bello, 2 others plead not guilty to criminal charges by EFCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Bello was docked before trial Justice Maryann Anenih of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, alongside two other defendants, Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>The defendants were accused of complicity in a N110billion fraud<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on 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