Hours after invading arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the anti-graft agency and the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS have launched a manhunt for former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello over alleged money laundering charges to the tune of N80.2 Billion
In a statement released on social media, the EFCC appealed to persons with useful information about his whereabouts to report to the nearest police station or the commission.
This development is coming a day after the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) barricaded the residence of the immediate past Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, at Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4 in Abuja.
The embattled governor was said to have been smuggled out from his residence by the incumbent Governor of the State, Usman Ododo, who interfered when EFCC operatives who laid siege on his predecessor Yahaya Bello’s home on Wednesday, April 17.
The anti-graft agency had joined the former governor as a co-defendant in the ongoing trial of his nephew, Ali Bello, who is the current Chief of Staff to Governor Usman Ododo, Dauda Sulaiman, and Abdulsalam Hudu in an alleged N84 billion money laundering case before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja
The commission had on March 14 amended the charge against Ali Bello, Sulaiman, and Hudu to include the former governor as the fourth defendant. They are charged with 17 counts charges bordering on money laundering, breach of trust, and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N84,062,406,089.88.
In the same vain, a statement signed by DS Umar, Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, on behalf of Kemi Nandap, Comptroller-General of the NIS, have placed the former Kogi State governor on the agency’s wact list.
The statement reads in parts, “The subject is being prosecuted for breach of trust and money laundering. If seen at any entry or exit point, he should be arrested and referred to the Director of Investigation for further action”.
