The house of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is currently surrounded by operatives of the Economic and Financial crimes commission EFCC , according to a source who disclosed this information to OBSERVERSTIMES.
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed charges against former Kogi State governor Yahaya Adoza Bello, alongside his nephew Ali Bello, Dauda Sulaiman and Abdulsalam Hudu, for alleged N84 billion money laundering.
The case was initiated before James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, March 14, 2024.
The EFCC is prosecuting the trio on an amended 17-count charge of money laundering, breach of trust and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N84,062,406,089.88 (Eighty-four Billion, Sixty-two Million, Four Hundred and Six Thousand, Eighty-nine Naira, Eighty-eight Kobo).
In the amended suit filed by the EFCC, Yahaya Bello has been joined by the Chief of Staff to the current Kogi State Governor, Alli Bello, and one Daudu Suleiman, who were re-arraigned by the anti-graft agency.