The Chief Judge alerted the former governor's attorneys to a pending appeal in Yahaya Adoza Bello v. FRN, where the defendant had requested a consequential order remitting the case to the Chief Judge for reassignment. The letter was addressed to Abdulwahab Muhammed, SAN, and Musa Yakubu, SAN.
Signed by Special Assistant, the letter Joshua Ibrahim Aji, Esq., addressed the CJ and stated that because of this, it would be inappropriate to take any action that would essentially preempt the determination of the appeal before the Appellate Court.
In the case Yahaya Adoza Bello Vs. FRN, which was filed on May 17, 2024, there is documentary evidence of an ongoing appeal in which the defendant, acting as the appellant, has requested a consequential order remitting the case to the Chief Judge for reassignment. It is improper to take any action that would essentially predict the appeal's outcome.
The court will make a more appropriate decision regarding the primary jurisdictional issue that has been brought up. Therefore, the case ought to be heard in public, the CJ said.
As the Chief Judge pointed out that the primary offense claimed involved using Kogi State funds to buy homes in Abuja, and that the case might be filed in either Lokoja or Abuja.
He cited two instances that were still pending before the FHC in charge, FRN Vs. Ali Bello and another and FHC/ABJ/CR/550/22 FRN Vs. Ali Bello and another, in which a similar request for transfer was filed but was denied by the lower court.
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