Trouble Looms, – Tinubu To Embattled Yahaya Bello
Trouble Looms, – Tinubu To Embattled Yahaya Bello
The special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, has asked embattled former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, to submit himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Ibom Focus reports that the EFCC on Thursday declared Bello wanted over alleged multi-billion-naira fraud.
The former Kogi governor, who escaped arrest on Wednesday, failed to appear in court on Thursday over the fraud case, even as his whereabouts remain unknown.
Reacting to the development in a post on his verified X handle, Onanuga advised Bello to come out of hiding and get a good lawyer to handle the case.
“Yahaya Bello, where will you run to? It’s better you submit yourself to the EFCC and get a good lawyer,” Onanuga tweeted on Thursday night.
Ibom Focus had earlier reported that the EFCC called on Nigerians with information on Bello’s whereabouts to report immediately to the Commission or the nearest Police Station.
“The public is hereby notified that YAHAYA ADOZA BELLO (former Governor of Kogi State), whose photograph appears above is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with alleged case of Money Laundering to the tune of N80,246,470,089.88 (Eighty Billion, Two Hundred and Forty Six Million, Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand and Eighty Nine Naira, Eighty Eight Kobo).
Bello, 48-year old Ebiraman, is a native of Okenne Local Government of Kogi State. His last known address is: 9, Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja.
Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should please contact the Commission in its lbadan, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja offices or through these numbers 09-9044751-3, 08093322644, 08183322644, 07026350721-3, 0706350724-5; its e-mail address: info@efccnigeria.org or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies, ” a public notice issued by the EFCC said
