Our reporter /Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday barricaded the Abuja residence of Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi state.
The anti-graft agency restricted movement in and around the house situated on Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, in Abuja.
The development comes about a month after the EFCC named Bello in an amended charge filed against Alli Bello, chief of staff to Usman Ododo, governor of Kogi.
Ali, and one Daudu Suleiman are the two defendants in the 17-count amended charge. The EFCC alleged that the suspects diverted about N100 billion belonging to the state government.
Responding to the EFCC charge, the Kogi government said funds belonging to the state did not go missing under the former governor.
Kingsley Fanwo, Kogi commissioner for information and communications, said in a statement that the former governor is “squeaky clean”.
He urged the EFCC to desist from mentioning the former governor’s name in its “ongoing persecution”, adding that some political actors are bent on destroying Bello.
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