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Governor Yahaya Bello ordered to pay 180m to bitter rival

Governor Yahaya Bello ordered to pay 180m to bitter rival

The National Industrial Court has ordered the Kogi State Government to pay the former deputy governor, Simon Achuba, the sum of N180 million. In a judgment delivered on Wednesday by Justice Oyebiola Oyewunmi in Abuja, the court, ordered the sum of N180million to be paid to Achuba as outstanding security votes due to him from April 2018 to August 2019. The amount is to be paid to Achuba by the state government within the period of 30 days or 30% interest will be paid monthly. The court, however, dismissed the former deputy governor’s prayers, asking that the sum of N328million…
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