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    Yahaya Bello told EFCC to meet him in his village – Olukoyede

    David GreatBy David GreatApril 23, 2024No Comments3 Mins Read
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    The EFCC is having a running legal battle with Court adjourns Yahaya Bello’s trial till Nov 27
    Former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello
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    The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello declined all invitations extended to him, instead, he told the anti-graft agency to meet him in his village.

    Olukoyede also noted that he made personal attempts to get Yahaya Bello to respond to investigations regarding his alleged involvement in money laundering to the tune of N80,246,470,089.88 (Eighty Billion, Two Hundred and Forty-Six Million, Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand and Eighty-Nine Naira, Eighty Eight Kobo).

    Olukoyede stated this about the investigation of Yahaya Bello in Abuja on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, while addressing media executives at the headquarters of the EFCC.

    According to him, he had a telephone conversation with Yahaya Bello offering him ample opportunities to present himself for interrogation by investigators of the EFCC.

    “On my honour, I put a call to him to honour him as a former governor. He said, I can’t come, claiming that a certain lady has surrounded the EFCC with over 100 journalists to embarrass or intimidate him and all that stuff. I said if that is your fear, I will make you come directly to my floor. I will invite my operatives to interrogate you in my own office. What could be more honourable than that? Do you know what he said? ‘Can’t they come to my village?’ My Director of Investigations also sent a message to him”, he said.

    Ola Olukoyede EFCC chairman cautioned the perpetrators to discontinue such immoral acts
    EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede

    The EFCC’s boss said he was worried at the report of larceny available to the EFCC concerning the former governor. “A sitting governor (Yahaya Bello), because he knew he was going, he moved money directly from the government’s account to a bureau de change to pay his children’s school fees in advance, $720,000 in anticipation that he was going to leave government house”, he said.

    Olukoyede also disclosed that the EFCC, in its bid to ensure the safety and stability of the foreign exchange market, has uncovered a new fraudulent scheme called P to P, peer to peer trading scheme. The platform, according to him, is operating outside the official banking and financial corridors, with more than 300( three hundred) accounts linked to it already frozen by the EFCC. He reaffirmed the commitment of the Commission to the economic growth and development of the country, promising that the EFCC would not relent in the exercise of its mandate.

    He told the media executives that the anti-graft has recovered more than N120 billion from fraudsters within six months and secured more than 1300 convictions.

    He called on Nigerians to be more dedicated to the nation, insisting that patriotic Nigerians should offer more support to the EFCC because the Commission is crucial to the growth and development of Nigeria. ‘’ If you support the EFCC, you are working for the growth of Nigeria. We all have stakes in the well-being of our nation,” he said.

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