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<v Speaker 1>Economic and Financial Crimes Commission AFCAC, in a news release

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday, reported that Federal High Court Setting in Abuja's

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<v Speaker 1>top the arrangement of former Coggiste Governor the Higher Adoza Below,

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<v Speaker 1>after the former governor told the court he was not

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<v Speaker 1>yet prepared for the case. According to ya Hire Below,

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<v Speaker 1>he was here to mobilize his legal team for the

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<v Speaker 1>eighty point two billion naira's money laundering allegations. Hence he

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<v Speaker 1>told the court he should be given more time to

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<v Speaker 1>prepare for the case. Details of the EFCAC news release

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<v Speaker 1>rates below weber team. A Federal High Court setting in

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<v Speaker 1>Abuja has slettered the arraendment of the former Cogiste Governor,

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<v Speaker 1>the Higher Adoza Below for December thirteen, twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>Justice and Mecca inuite on Friday, November twenty nine, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four, directors the court's registrar to issue a hearing

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<v Speaker 1>notice to Below's legal team regarding his arraendment. The Economic

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<v Speaker 1>and Financial Crimes Commission FCC is prosecuting Below on nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>count charge of money laundering to the tune of eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>point two billion niners. Addressing the court about the former

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<v Speaker 1>governor's presence in court. Prosecution Council Kenny Pinherro san urged

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<v Speaker 1>the court to proceed with the arraignment, stating that the

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<v Speaker 1>defendant's presence satisfied the legal requirement for the process in

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<v Speaker 1>view of his physical presence in court and relying on

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<v Speaker 1>sections two hundred and seventy one to two hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>seventy seven and section three hundred and ninety two of

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<v Speaker 1>the Administration of Criminal Justice at ACJAI, respectfully applied that

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<v Speaker 1>the charge being to the defendant his flee be taken

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<v Speaker 1>and my Lordship adjoint for further proceedings. He said. He

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<v Speaker 1>referenced to Courts of Appeal rulings detured August twentieth, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four, which upheld a defendant's presence in court as

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<v Speaker 1>satisfactory in love for his arraignment, and further gotrussed his

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<v Speaker 1>with the fact that Bello had failed to appear in

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<v Speaker 1>court on several occasions, prompting an application for his trial

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<v Speaker 1>in absentire. Bello, in his response, informed the court that

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<v Speaker 1>he had not mobilized his legal team on the arrangement

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<v Speaker 1>and pleaded for time to do so. Justice Inwitty, in

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<v Speaker 1>a short ruling adjointed to December thirteen, twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 1>to enable the prosecution to solve the defendant's counsel with

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<v Speaker 1>the necessary processes. In addition, the court directed the Registrar

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<v Speaker 1>to issue a hearing notice to Below's legal team and

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<v Speaker 1>order that the former governor be remanded in the custody

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<v Speaker 1>of the EFCACS. Lady Greendale, you need in a mort

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<v Speaker 1>digital