The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, for money laundering.
Following the evasion of arrest and Bello’s refusal to appear at the court sitting for alleged money laundering to the tune of an estimated N80.2 billion, the Commission has declared him wanted.
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The declaration reads: The public is hereby notified that YAHAYA ADOZA BELLO (former Governor of Kogi State), whose photograph appears above is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with alleged case of 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).
“Bello, 48-year-old Ebiraman, is a native of Okenne Local Government of Kogi State. His last known address is: 9, Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja.
“Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should please contact the Commission in its Ibadan, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja offices or through these numbers 09-9044751-3, 08093322644, 08183322644, 07026350721-3, 0706350724-5; its e-mail address: info@efccnigeria.org or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies.
Before this declaration, legal luminaries and pundits had started suggesting that the EFCC could use the military to arrest Bello should he refuse to appear at the court.
Earlier, Bello had obtained an order from the Appeal Court restraining EFCC from arresting him. But the EFCC also obtained a warrant of arrest from another court to arrest him.