A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the request made by the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to stop the trial in the hearing of the N80.2bn fraud charges brought against him.

The former governor asked the court to stay execution in his trial before Justice Emeka Nwite, on the grounds that there is an appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before the Court of Appeal, against the contempt application filed by the defendant against the EFCC chairman, Ola Olukayode.

Justice Nwite, in his ruling earlier today, rejected the application made by Bello through his lawyer Abdulwahab Mohammed.

The Justice held that Bello was trying to make rubbish out of a criminal case by choosing to stay in his house and not respect the court orders.