A social media critic, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, has called out the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, for failing to apprehend the former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, wanted for alleged corruption since April.
Otse said Bello’s arrest would have served as a deterrent to like-minded politicians.
The EFCC had declared Bello wanted on April 18, 2024 for alleged money laundering to the tune of N80.2bn during his term as governor.
On September 18, 2024, Bello claimed to have presented himself to the agency but was not arrested.
The social media critic noted that it’s been seven months since the former Kogi governor was declared wanted yet has not been arrested to face the charges against him.
In a viral video on Monday, VeryDarkMan said: “Ola Olukoyede is a symbol of incompetence, mediocrity and I call him a clown.
“Why did I call him a clown? On April 18 he posted that Yahaya Bello is wanted by the EFCC. On the same day he posted that ‘N80.2bn money laundering, Bello’s absence stalls arraignment’.
“Since April EFCC posted that Yahaya Bello was wanted, it has been story upon story. Within all these, EFCC has been able to arraign over 100 people. The money from all these people is not up to N120 million unlike Bello.
“EFCC, the clowns of all agencies, tell your Chairman he is a big clown. The only grace you have is the fact that the youths are always carried away.
“Your office shouldn’t be existing again, arresting young boys everyday and neglecting the real fraudsters.”
VeryDarkMan recalled that during a press conference at the commission’s headquarters on April 23, 2024, the agency’s chairman vowed to resign if Yahaya Bello is not prosecuted.
“The truth is that you people are very lucky that the youths in this country are easily distracted.
“How are we going to address corruption in Nigeria when the people that are deep into this corruption cannot be held accountable for their crimes while the petty (thieves) are being arrested on a daily basis?
“We were expecting that when you hold somebody like Yahaya Bello, you will discourage a lot of these politicians from taking our money in Nigeria.
“But of course, you cannot do it because you are a clown and the face of mediocrity in the whole of Africa and to be very honest, I’m really surprised that you are yet to resign because you are incompetent.
“One day you will push the youths of this country and they will act and that will be very crazy,” he added.