On Friday, activist politician Omoyele Sowore criticized Nigeria, calling it a haven for thieves.
Sowore made these comments in response to the courtroom proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja, where former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello was granted bail.
Bello was required to provide two sureties and pay a bail of N500 million after pleading not guilty to a 19-count charge of money laundering totaling N80 billion brought against him by the EFCC.
During the hearing, the EFCC’s counsel withdrew an earlier application, which was granted by Justice Emeka Nwite without objection from Bello’s counsel, Joseph Daudu, SAN.
After Bello had taken his plea, Daudu made clarifications on the reasons he had not been in court during the previous hearings.
Eventually, Justice Nwite granted the former governor bail in the sum of N500 million.
Reacting, Sowore lamented that Bello became a hero within the courtroom after the judge granted him bail.
Posting on X, Sowore wrote: “Yahaya Bello is granted bail and is the instant hero in the courtroom! Just loot enough to bankrupt the poor and enrich the elites; you then become the hero of the poor and the rich. NIGERIA is a paradise for thieves.”
