Contrary to a claim by the director of former Governor Yahaya Bello’s Media Office that the former who allegedly visited the EFCC office to honour the anti-graft body’s invitation but was not questioned but allowed to go home, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said the former Governor of Kogi State neither visited its office today nor is he in the custody of the Commission yet.
The Commission, in a statement earlier today (Wednesday, September 18) by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said Bello remains wanted with a subsisting warrant of arrest.
Said Oyewale: “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 N80.2billion money laundering charges, remains wanted with a subsisting warrant for his arrest.”
