The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that it was ready to engage former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, in court over the fraud allegation of N8.2billion against him.
In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, the EFCC said Bello’s attempt to frustrate the ongoing investigation and prosecution of the alleged fraud case will not work as the anti-graft agency was ready to provide all evidence to prove its case in court.
The EFCC said since the former governor would not submit itself to EFCC office for questioning “the appropriate place of surrender would be before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, before whom his legal team had undertaken to produce him to answer to the 18-count charges of money laundering preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.”
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Part of the statement further noted that: “it is public knowledge that Bello had made several unsuccessful attempts to throw spanners in his ongoing trial through some irresponsible and utterly rascally efforts.
“Bello should be more interested in clearing his name than playing the victim and crying persecution, where none exists. To even insinuate that he was the target of a phantom assassination attempt because the EFCC made efforts to effect his arrest at the Kogi State Governor’s Lodge where he had been hiding, is preposterous.
“It is the first time in the Commission’s more than two decades existence that such a jejune claim would be made. This is no more than scaremongering, intended to scandalise the Commission.
“But EFCC is not deterred by this, and other shenanigans by the ex-governor. The Commission remains committed to ensuring that the law takes its course in the money laundering charges already filed against Bello in Court.
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