By Desire Emmanuel
A man who was said to be facing three different cases as well as 400 petitions in N30 billion alleged fraud has been denied bail by a court in Kaduna State due to the seriousness of the cases.
Justice R.M.Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna, on Wednesday, November 26, refused to admit the man, Bashir Ibrahim Bello, to bail for facing three prosecutions simultaneously.
Bello is facing trial on different financial crimes and charges, and with over 400 petitions pending against him in the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
He was arrested on April 28, 2025 following over 400 petitions from aggrieved people, who alleged obtaining money by false presence against him.
Specifically, he is being tried for alleged N30 billion fraud bordering on obtaining under false pretences, money laundering and retention of proceeds of crime.
According to reports, Bello, who is the Managing Director of Formal Act Legacy Limited, was first arraigned by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the EFCC on October 29, 2025 on a seven-count charge.
He was arraigned again on November 3, 2025 on an eight-count in a different case, and on November 6, 2025, he was arraigned on a five-count charge in another matter.
When the bail application in one of the cases against him came up for hearing on Wednesday, prosecution counsel, F.A.I Asemebo, opposed the motion on the ground that the possibility of him jumping bail on account of the multiple prosecution he is facing was high, noting that there are still over 400 petitions pending in the commission against him.
Justice Aikawa thereafter denied him bail, citing concerns over the seriousness of the charges against him and the multiplicity of the cases he is facing.
