(LIVE UPDATES) Ex-PDP chair, Haliru Bello, arrives court in wheelchair

Court stands down for 20minutes to enable the registrar to get the counter-affidavit filed by EFCC opposing the bail applications from the court registry

[1/5/2016, 12:06 PM]  Prosecution says its ready to proceed with the bail application

[1/5/2016, 12:02 PM]  They said they had filed their bail applications and the applications were ready for hearing

[1/5/2016, 12:01 PM]  Defence lawyer opposes application by prosecution for remand of their clients in prison

[1/5/2016, 12:00 PM]  Prosecution applies that the court gives trial dates and urge that the accused persons be remanded in prison

[1/5/2016, 12:00 PM] Court proceedings resumes

[1/5/2016, 11:53 AM] Haliru Bello returns to court

[1/5/2016, 11:49 AM] Haliru Bello’s lawyer applies to judge to permit his client to “answer the call of nature”

[1/5/2016, 11:46 AM]They plead not guilty to 3rd and 4th counts

[1/5/2016, 11:46 AM]They plead not guilty to 2nd count

[1/5/2016, 11:40 AM]Abbah Mohammed and Haliru Bello plead not guilty to the first count.

[1/5/2016, 11:40 AM]The charges read, “That you BELLO ABBA MOHAMMED, BAM PROJECTS AND PROPERTIES LTD and DOCTOR ALIRU BELLO on or about 17th March 2015 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, took possession of the sum of N300,000,000. 00 (Three Hundred Million Naira) paid into the account of Bam project and properties limited with Sterling Bank Plc from the account of the office of National Security Adviser with the Central Bank of Nigeria when you reasonably ought to have known that the said fund formed part of the proceed of an unlawful activity of COL. MOHAMMED SAMBO DASUKI (RTD) the then National Security Adviser (to wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under section 15(3) of the same Act.
“That you BELLO ABBA MOHAMMED, BAM PROJECTS AND PROPERTIES LTD and DOCTOR ALIRU BELLO on or about 17th March 2015 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, converted the sum of N300,000,000. 00 (Three Hundred Million Naira) which sum was transferred from the account of the office of the National Security of Nigeria with the Central Bank of Nigeria for the purporting same to be for ‘Safe Houses” but which you claimed to have received for political campaign and when you reasonably ought to have known that the said fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of COL. MOHAMMED SAMBO DASUKI (RTD) the then National Security Adviser (to wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 15 (2) (b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under section 15(3) of the same Act.
“That you BELLO ABBA MOHAMMED and BAM PROJECTS AND PROPERTIES LTD on or about 17th March 2015 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did retain the sum of N300,000,000. 00  (Three Hundred Million Naira) on behalf of DOCTOR ALIRU BELLO and COL. MOHAMMED SAMBO DASUKI (RTD) the former Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and National Security Adviser respectively by concealing the said sum in your account with Sterling Bank Plc when you knew the said Doctor Aliru Bello and Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (RTD) to be engaged in a criminal conduct; to wit: theft of public fund for a political activity and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 17 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under section 17(b) of the same Act.

“That you BELLO ABBA MOHAMMED, BAM PROJECTS AND PROPERTIES LTD and DOCTOR ALIRU BELLO on or about 17th March 2015 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did conspired to launder the sum of N300,000,000. 00  (Three Hundred Million Naira) which sum you claimed to have received for political campaign and when you reasonably ought to have known that the said fund forme