The EFCC has refuted claims that Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi State, is currently in their custody.
Despite reports from the Director of the Yahaya Bello Media Office that he had visited the anti-graft agency on Wednesday, the EFCC stated that the former governor was not in their custody and was accompanied by high-profile Nigerians to their headquarters.
But the anti-graft agency in a statement by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said that Yahaya Bello remained wanted with a subsisting warrant of arrest.
“Media reports today that a former Governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Bello is in the holding facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is incorrect. The Commission wishes to state that Bello is not in its custody.
“Bello, already declared wanted by the Commission for alleged N80.2 billion money laundering charges, remains wanted with a subsisting warrant for his arrest,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Commission had declared Bello wanted after a series of failed attempts to get him arrested over alleged money laundering to the tune of N80 billion.
