The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, after he presented himself at the office of the anti-graft agency on Tuesday.
The was disclosed by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale. He told journalists that Bello was arrested by the Commission’s Chief Security Officer (CSO).
“It is true that we have him in our custody. The operatives of the Commission arrested him,” Oyewale said, according to Daily Post.
Fairview had previously reported that the federal government filed a new 16-count charge against the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in a case that has intensified scrutiny of his financial dealings.
The charges, submitted to a federal high court in Abuja, center around an alleged criminal breach of trust amounting to ₦110,446,470,089.
