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    N80.2bn Fraud: Yahaya Bello withdrew $720,000 from govt account to pay child’s school fees – Olukoyede

    MayorBy MayorApril 23, 2024No Comments3 Mins Read
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    The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede has narrated how immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello withdrew sum $720,000 from the state’s coffers to pay his child’s school fees.

    The revelation was made after the agency declared the former governor wanted over allegations of diverting N80.4bn belonging to the State government.

    Olukoyede during an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday said Yahaya Bello wired the money to a Bureau de Change operator to pay for his child’s school fees in advance.

    He said, “A sitting governor, because he knows he is going, moved money directly from government to bureau de change, used it to pay the child’s school fee in advance, $720,000 in advance, in anticipation that he was going to leave the Government House.

    “In a poor state like Kogi, and you want me to close my eyes to that under the guise of ‘I’m being used.’ Being used by who at this stage of my life?”

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    Olukoyede further stated that he personally reached out to Yahaya Bello, offering him a chance to clarify the situation in a respectful setting within the EFCC office but the ex-governor reportedly declined to cooperate, citing fears of harassment from an unnamed woman.

    The EFCC boss added, “I didn’t initiate the case; I inherited the case file. I called for the file, and I said there are issues here.

    “On my own, I called him, which I am not supposed to do, just to honour him as an immediate past governor. ‘Sir, there are issues. I’ve seen this case file. Can you just come let us clarify these issues?’

    “He said, ‘Ha! Thank you, my brother. I know, but I can’t come. There’s one lady that has surrounded EFCC with over 100 people to come and embarrass me and intimidate me.’

    Yahaya Bello was said to have suggested that the EFCC come to his village rather than conduct an investigation at the agency’s quarters.

    “I said if that is the issue, I’m going to pass you through my own gate, and you will come to my floor. We will accord you that respect. I will invite my operatives; they will interrogate and interview you in my own office. What could be more honourable than that to allay the fear?

    “You know what he said: ‘Thank you, sir, but can’t they come to my village? Olukoyede added.

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