Kaduna/ Nigeria - A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has remanded a former Kaduna State governor, Mukhtar Yero, and three others in prison.
Justice Mohammed Shuaibu gave the remand order on Thursday following the arraignment of the defendants by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Yero and the other defendants were charged with four counts bordering on money laundering, criminal conspiracy, misappropriation of public fund, and breach of trust.
Others charged alongside Yero are a former Minister of State for Power, Nuhu Wya; a former Secretary to Kaduna State government, Hamza Ishaq; and a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna, Haruna Gaya.
They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to them.
Counsel to Yero, Yunus Ustaz, subsequently made an oral application for the bail of his client or worse still be remanded in EFCC custody.
His oral application was, however, opposed by EFCC counsel Joshua Saidi who insisted that the four accused persons be taken to prison, as the Commission does not have enough detention facility to accommodate them.
The judge then adjourned the case till June 6 for ruling on the bail application.
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