Controversial online publication, Sahara reportes has claimed that the fleeing former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello is currently making moves to bribe some judges handling his alleged fraud and money laundering case initiated against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC with dollars.
The publication claims this was revealed by his close allies and commissioners in Kogi State in their chats in a WhatsApp group named, “Only Ododo 4 Const” which were leaked to SaharaReporters this morning.
You will recall that the EFCC had declared Bello wanted for allegedly misappropriating over N80 billion in public funds while the police had also detained the female police officer who served as the aide-de-camp to Bello as well as other security details for aiding his escape from the anti-corruption agency’s operatives in Abuja
SaharaReporters’ findings revealed that members of the WhatsApp platform include Evangelist Kinsley Fanwo, who served as Commissioner for Information and Communications in Bello’s administration in Kogi State and currently serves in the government of Governor Usman Ododo..
In the conversations, Fanwo reportedly disclosed that Bello informed him about his plan to bribe all the judges handling his case.
According to Sahar Reporters, the commissioner alleged that Yahaya Bello had converted some funds from naira notes to dollars, which would make it more appealing to the sitting judges.
He said the former governor had secured the assistance of someone who would help him to deliver the money to the judges.
