The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello with corruption, a few days after he completed his tenure in office and was stripped of his constitutional immunity shielding him from criminal prosecution….CONTINUE READING
Mr Bello handed over to his successor, Usman Ododo, after eight years in office on 27 January and, days later, was charged by the EFCC.
The anti-graft agency did not bother to file a fresh case in court. It simply amended existing charges in which his nephew and an associate were accused of diverting Kogi State funds, to add the former governor as a co-defendant with some few additional counts.
The Kogi State Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, in a statement condemning the charging of Mr Bello, said the case marked FHC/ABJ/CR/550/2022 was already before Judge James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Mr Bello in the amended case was accused of converting the total sum of N80.2 billion (N80,246,470,089.88) belonging to Kogi State Government to personal use.
