Yahaya Bello
By Victory Oghene
The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has spent his first night in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
He was detained by the commission after he surrendered to the anti graft agency.
EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the arrest of Bello to journalists on Tuesday.
He said that Bello was arrested by the commission’s chief security officer.
According to him, “It is true that we have him in our custody. The operatives of the commission arrested him.”
It would be that Bello went to the EFCC headquarters on Tuesday morning with his lawyers to answer to the allegations of misappropriation of funds against him after months of shunning repeated invitations.
It was learnt that the former governor went to the EFCC office with his lawyers without his successor, Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State, who followed him to the EFCC office few weeks ago.
Bello is being held at the commission’s headquarters in Jabi District of Abuja by a crack team of investigators.
Barring any unforseen circumstances, Bello will be arraigned in court on Wednesday.
