{"id":170564,"date":"2025-07-21T12:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:16:12","slug":"court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report","title":{"rendered":"Court Denies Yahaya Bello’s Travel Request Over Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, turned down a request by the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, seeking for the release of his international passport, saying that the medical report attached to the application was not signed by its maker.<\/p>\n

Justice Emeka Nwite, while delivering the ruling at the resumed hearing of the alleged money laundering case filed against the former governor by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, however, said that, contrary, to the submission of the prosecution team, the application was not an abuse of court process.<\/p>\n

The defendant had applied for the release of his travel document to enable him travel to the United Kingdom for medical attention.<\/p>\n

The judge said Counsel to the defendant argued that the applicant was a known hypertensive patient for about 15 years.<\/p>\n

The lawyer, Joseph Daudu, SAN, was also said to have presented Exhibits A and B, which constituted expert report on the health status of the applicant, saying that sufficient materials had been placed before the court to exercise its discretion in favour of the applicant.<\/p>\n

The judge also recalled that the prosecution team argued that the application was an abuse of court process.<\/p>\n

Prosecution, while urging the court to dismiss the application, noted that the reliefs sought were similar and that the motion was technically incompetent as the sureties to the defendant were not informed.<\/p>\n

On the issue of suretyship, the Court held that the matter before it was Yahaya Bello v. FRN, and not vs the sureties.<\/p>\n

The judge further aligned with the argument of the counsel to the defendant, ruling that the surety ought not to be included in the application.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe counsel to the complainant did not cite any section of the law that says sureties should be given notice or made a party in the motion on notice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe counsel did not cite any law, whether locally or internationally, to back his argument.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the abuse of process of court, it is the argument of the complainant that the instant application is incompetent and amount to abuse of court process.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not in dispute that the applicant is standing trial before this court and FCT court and it is not in dispute that the applicant was granted bail in this court on December 13, 2024 and at FCT High acourt on December 19, 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FCT High Court, in its ruling, said that the applicant must seek the leave of the court. Hence, this instant application does not amount to abuse of court process.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also the fact that this court and the FCT High Court are courts of coordinate jurudiction,\u201d Justice Nwite stated.<\/p>\n

The court, however, held that Exhibit B, which was the medical report provided by a doctor, was not signed by its maker, and as such, lacked any legal efficacy.<\/p>\n

The Court emphasised that an unsigned document carries no weight in law and is considered worthless.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn other words, Exhibit B is devoid of probative value and cannot be relied upon by the Court,\u201d the judge held.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe defendant has failed to placed sufficient material before this court for his passport to be released for him to travel. Consequently, this application is hereby refused,\u201d Justice Nwite said.<\/p>\n

The case was thereafter adjourned to October 7 and 10 and November 10 and 11, 2025, for continuation of trial.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, turned down a request by the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, seeking for the release of his international passport, saying that the medical report attached to the application was not signed by its maker. Justice Emeka Nwite, while delivering the ruling at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[69,254,615],"class_list":["post-170564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-court","tag-nigeria","tag-yahaya-bello"],"yoast_head":"\nCourt Denies Yahaya Bello's Travel Request Over Report - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, turned down a request by the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bel ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Court Denies Yahaya Bello's Travel Request Over Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, turned down a request by the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bel ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T11:04:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T12:16:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753087661.100939.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"676\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Court Denies Yahaya Bello’s Travel Request Over Report\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-21T11:04:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-21T12:16:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report\"},\"wordCount\":572,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753087661.100939.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"court\",\"Nigeria\",\"Yahaya Bello\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report\",\"name\":\"Court Denies Yahaya Bello's Travel Request Over Report - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753087661.100939.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-21T11:04:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-21T12:16:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, turned down a request by the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bel ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753087661.100939.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753087661.100939.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":676,\"caption\":\"Court Denies Yahaya Bello's Travel Request Over Report\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Court Denies Yahaya Bello’s Travel Request Over Report\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Court Denies Yahaya Bello's Travel Request Over Report - Nigeria","description":"The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, turned down a request by the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bel ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Court Denies Yahaya Bello's Travel Request Over Report","og_description":"The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, turned down a request by the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bel ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-07-21T11:04:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-21T12:16:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":676,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753087661.100939.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Court Denies Yahaya Bello’s Travel Request Over Report","datePublished":"2025-07-21T11:04:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-21T12:16:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report"},"wordCount":572,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753087661.100939.jpg","keywords":["court","Nigeria","Yahaya Bello"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report","name":"Court Denies Yahaya Bello's Travel Request Over Report - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753087661.100939.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-21T11:04:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-21T12:16:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, turned down a request by the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bel ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753087661.100939.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753087661.100939.jpg","width":1200,"height":676,"caption":"Court Denies Yahaya Bello's Travel Request Over Report"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-denies-yahaya-bellos-travel-request-over-report#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Court Denies Yahaya Bello’s Travel Request Over Report"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}