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The lead judgment at the Appeal Court on Thursday was delivered by Justice Oyewole, while Justices A.M. Talba and D. Z. Senchi agreed. The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has set aside contempt proceedings initiated by the former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.Justice Joseph Oyewole set aside the proceedings in a unanimous judgment on Thursday while overruling the respondent’s preliminary objection, citing technicalities. The Appeal Court said the trial judge failed to extend the orders of February 9 in its final Judgment of April 1…