Yahaya Bello wanted, not in our custody – EFCC

…He left the commission unquestioned ex-governor’s aide

By Our Correcspondent

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied reports that Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi State, is in its custody.
Recalled that the Director of the Yahaya Bello Media Office, Ohiare Michael, said, Wednesday, Bello had honoured the invitation of the anti-graft agency on yesterday.
According to the release, the former governor was accompanied to the EFCC Headquarters by high profile Nigerians.
But the anti-graft agency in a statement by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said that Bello remained wanted with a subsisting warrant of arrest.
“Media reports today that a former Governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Bello is in the holding facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is incorrect. The Commission wishes to state that Bello is not in its custody.
“Bello, already declared wanted by the Commission for alleged N80.2 billion money laundering charges, remains wanted with a subsisting warrant for his arrest,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Commission had declared Bello wanted after a series of failed attempts to get him arrested over alleged money laundering to the tune of N80 billion.
Meanwhile, the Director of Yahaya Bello Media Office, Ohiare Michael, said the former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello had left the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja on Wednesday morning unquestioned.
Michael said this in a statement on Wednesday, September 18, 2024.
Michael said the officials of the anti-graft agency did not interrogate Bello during his visit.
The former governor’s aide noted: “The EFCC did not interrogate him. The EFCC officials told him he could leave.
“We don’t know what this means yet. As we write, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has left the EFCC office.” (Addtional report by DAILY POST)