How Yahaya Bello Withdrew $720,000 From Kogi’s Account To Pay His Child’s School Fees – EFCC

• Yahaya Bello has been in the eye of the storm for alleged corruption.

• In the past few days, the former Kogi governor has engaged in a cat and mouse race with the EFCC.

• The anti-graft agency has made a fresh revelation about Bello’s alleged corrupt practices.

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, of withdrawing $720,000 from the state’s coffers to pay his child’s school fee in advance.

The anti-graft’s agency’s chairman, Ola Olukoyede, made the revelation at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday.

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Recall that the EFCC is currently pursuing the arrest of the former Kogi governor after the agency declared him wanted for evading capture over allegations of fraud.

On Tuesday, the commission’s chairman alleged that Bello transferred money from the state coffers to a bureau de change operator, and used the money for his child’s school fee in advance.

Olukoyede added that Bello made the payment in anticipation that his tenure was gradually coming to an end.

“A sitting governor, because he knew he was leaving office, moved money directly from the government to bureau de change and used it to pay his child’s school fee in advance,” he said.

“Over $720,000 in anticipation that he was going to leave the government house. In a poor state like Kogi, you want me to close my eyes under the guise of ‘I’m being used’. Used by who? At this stage of my life.”

Olukoyede said he inherited the case file of the former Kogi governor, noting that he did not initiate the investigation against Bello.

On April 17, EFCC operatives laid siege on Bello’s residence in Abuja to arrest him over alleged N80 billion fraud.

While the EFCC operatives were at Bello’s residence, Usman Ododo, governor of Kogi, came to visit his predecessor.

Shortly after Ododo departed from the residence, the EFCC operatives also left the house.

Bello was reportedly rescued by Ododo when he departed his residence located in the Wuse Zone 4 district of Abuja.

Subsequently, the anti-graft agency declared the former governor wanted.

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has also placed Bello on a watchlist.

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The anti-graft agency alleged that Bello, alongside Alli Bello, chief of staff to Ododo; and one Daudu Suleiman, diverted about N80.2 billion belonging to the Kogi government.

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