From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) and the Northern Emancipation Network (NEN) have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to respect the rule of law and halt the persecution, harassment and public embarrassment of the former governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello.
Reacting to the recent declaration of Yahaya Bello as wanted by the EFCC in separate releases the AYCF President General Yerima Shettima and the Chairman of the NEN Suleiman Abba noted that the fact that the EFCC has already charged Bello to court warrants that they show restraint and allow the law to take its due course as it presumes the conclusion of investigations.
According to Shettima, with this development, Bello no longer has anything to do with the EFCC and he only needs to appear in court on the next adjourned date or when he is served with the court processes.
“If EFCC believes in justice, and the judiciary and the court system, this is not the way to handle the matter. Besides, the charge sheet was from 2015 and was amended to 2016. Three weeks when Bello came into the office, you can see that something is fishing, which no one can say exactly what is happening,” Shettima said.
The AYCF said it is indeed curious that the EFCC is presenting Yahaya Bello as someone who is running from investigation and prosecution, especially considering the lack of concrete evidence to support such claims.
