Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), reported that Yahaya Bellothe previous guv of Kogi, withdrew $720,000 from the state’s funds for his kid’s school charges ahead of time.
Speaking in Abuja throughout a session with media on Tuesday, Olukoyede declared that Bello moved the quantity from the state’s funds to a currency exchange operator for the payment of his kid’s costs.
He pointed out that Bello made this deal anticipating completion of his term.
Olukoyede who acquired the examination file, mentioned that he did not begin the probe versus Bello.
“A sitting guv, since he understood he was leaving workplace, moved cash straight from the federal government to bureau de modification and utilized it to pay his kid’s school cost beforehand.
“Over $720,000 in anticipation that he was going to leave the federal government home. In a bad state like Kogi, you desire me to close my eyes under the guise of ‘I’m being utilized’. Utilized by who? At this phase of my life,” the EFCC chairman stated.
On April 17, EFCC representatives surrounded Bello’s Abuja home in a relocate to detain him for a supposed N80 billion scams.
Throughout the siege, Usman Ododo, the present guv of Kogi, stormed the home and blended away Bello.
Following these occasions, the EFCC provided a desired notification for Bello. The Nigeria Immigration Service has actually likewise put him on a watchlist.
The EFCC implicated Bello, in addition to Alli Bello, Ododo’s chief of personnel, and Daudu Suleiman, of abusing around N80.2 billion of Kogi’s funds.