BREAKING: EFCC Operatives Lay Siege on Ex-Gov Yahaya Bello's House, Video Emerges
- The EFCC has been seen laying siege to the Abuja home of the former governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello
- Yahaya Bello's residence on Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, in Abuja, was captured in a video bombarded with the officers of the anti-graft agency
- Recall that the EFCC recently dragged the former governor to court over an alleged N84 billion money laundering
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FCT, Abuja - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has laid siege to arrest Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi state.
In a video posted by AIT on Wednesday, April 17, the anti-graft agency operatives stormed the former governor's residence in Wuse Zone 4, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Source: Twitter
Why EFCC barricades ex-Governor Bello's residence
The EFCC has not released any official statement concerning the siege at the residence of the former governor on Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja.
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Recall that the anti-graft agency had taken the former governor to court, alongside his nephew Ali and one Dauda Sulaiman, before Justice James Omotosho of the federal high court in Abuja.
The EFCC amended its charges against Bello and others in March 2024 over an alleged N84 billion money laundering.
Ex-Governor Bello reacts to EFCC bombardment
The former governor's media office responded to the development in a statement. The office condemned the anti-graft agency's action and called President Bola Tinubu to call the EFCC to order.
They claimed that the presence of the EFCC operatives at the former governor's residence was against the court injunction issued on February 9, 2024, by the Kogi State High Court in Lokoja in the suit number HCL/68M/2024 between Yahaya Bello and the EFCC.
According to the governor's media team, the court has restrained the EFCC and its operatives from harassing, arresting, detaining, and/or prosecuting Yahaya Bello until the matter is determined, citing a substantive fundamental human rights action.
See the video here:
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