The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the arrested the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello over alleged multi billion naira fraud.
According to the EFCC’s Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday, the former governor of Kogi was arrested at about 12 54 pm on Tuesday and was detained in its Abuja office.
He clarified that Bello, who was declared wanted by the commission, never submitted himself but got arrested by the operatives of the agency in Abuja.
He said, “We arrested him at 12.54 pm; he did not surrender himself to the commission, three of his lawyers are here with him.
”Following his arrest, he is having a session with investigators of the commission.
”He is being detained in our custody and he is going to be arraigned in court accordingly.”
Bello’s media office confirmed that the former governor went to the EFCC office with his lawyers on Tuesday morning, following the Supreme Court judgment which dismissed states’ case on the constitutionality of the anti-graft agency.
