The Kogi State Authorities on Tuesday described as laughable the declare by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee that the quick previous governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, was concerned in an alleged N80 billion.
The state governor expressed displeasure that the EFCC might amend a present cost, FHC/ABJ/CR/550/2022, on the Federal Excessive Court docket, Abuja, in an try and convict Bello, who left workplace on January 27. to prosecute.
The federal government, in an announcement by the Commissioner for Data, Kingsley Fanwo, on Tuesday accused the EFCC of colluding with “criminals masquerading as politicians” to tarnish Bello’s picture.
He mentioned: “This was not solely laughable but in addition portrayed the EFCC as a company contaminated with people whose intentions weren’t in settlement with Mr. President's noble intention to defeat corruption in Nigeria.
“The truth that the EFCC, in control of No. FHC/ABJ/CR/550/2022: FRN V. 1. Ali Bello 2. Dauda Suleiman, presently earlier than the Honorable Justice JK Omotosho of the Federal Excessive Court docket, Abuja Division, additional amended the amended cost to incorporate within the counts the title of HE Yahaya Bello describing him as at massive is ridiculous and laughable and portrays the EFCC as an company infested with individuals whose intentions don’t even are with Mr. President's noble intention to defeat corruption in Nigeria.
“Being at massive clearly implies that somebody is evading arrest or is on the run and can’t be discovered after an tried arrest.
“To be clear, the unique criticism is towards Ali Bello and Dauda Suleiman, Ali's affiliate. The offense that SHE Yahaya Bello is alleged to have dedicated and for which he has been named within the rely is a conspiracy to transform the overall sum of N80,246,470,089.88, which offense is alleged to have occurred on or about September 2015 in Abuja. Based on the rely, his co-conspirators are Abdulsalami Hudu (Cashier of Kogi State Authorities Home), who can be described as at massive, Ali Bello and Dauda Suleiman.
“The offense rely is most laughable as a result of the election that produced HE Yahaya Bello as Governor of Kogi solely occurred in November 2015. HE Captain Idris Wada of the PDP on the related time held sway as Governor of Kogi State till he handed over to HE Yahaya Bello on January 27, 2016.
“HE Yahaya Bello couldn’t, subsequently, have conspired with anybody, together with Abdulsalami Hudu, a cashier on the Kogi Authorities Home, to transform cash belonging to the Kogi State Authorities as of September 2015. It must be famous that HE Yahaya Bello, earlier than he grew to become Governor of Kogi State, had no monetary dealings with the Kogi State Authorities that might have enabled him to transform cash belonging to the Kogi State Authorities, therefore the consternation over the accusation.”
