Kogi State indigenes under the auspices of the Executive committee of confluence patriots has accused a former Governor of the state, Yahaya Adoza Bello of practically and tactically turning the state account into his personal Automatic Teller Machine from whence he withdrew billions of naira for his personal use for eight years.
After the committee’s meeting on Saturday in Abuja, it’s Secretary, Abdulwahab Omeiza said Bello’s time as Governor of Kogi State was characterized with all sort of financial irregularities and human right abuses which includes but not limited to the loss of lives and property of innocent citizens of Kogi State who dared to challenge his autocratic regime.
Omeiza said there have been several financial infractions in the Kogi state account since the last eight years as evidenced by the EFCC in the suit filed against the former governor alongside other respondents to the extent that school fees of his children were been paid from the coffers of Kogi State Government.
“The illegal sale of Kogi state properties without recourse to due process is one considered by majority of citizens of the state as wickedness of the highest order especially where such properties were under valued and the proceeds of sales not remitted into the state accounts.” He added. The management of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti at the weekend denied the alleged incidents of robbery and rape of the students of the University in its Ikole campus. The University management said such incident did not happen on the campus of the University because the management has provided very tight and reliable security for…
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