Bello canvased on Tuesday that the arrest warrant has become unnecessary since his lead counsel, Abdulwahab Mohammed, has accepted the service of the criminal charges on his behalf in respect of the alleged N80 billion money laundering charge brought against him by the Federal Government.
is an unconstitutional body because its establishment was not ratified by the 36 states of the Federation. He said that for the Establishment Act was unilaterally ratified by the Federal Government. He therefore asked the judge to vacate the arrest warrant against the former governor for the reasons he advanced in his argument. The request was however vehemently opposed by
's lead lawyer, Kemi Pinhero, SAN, told Justice Nwite that the arrest warrant can only be vacated on the day Yahaya Bello physically appears before the court to take his plea in the charges against him.