A former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has again honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of funds.
It was gathered that the embattled former governor went to the anti-graft agency office on Tuesday morning in the company of his lawyers.
The PUNCH reports that his visit to the commission follows the Supreme Court judgment which dismissed states’ case on the constitutionality of the anti-graft agency.
It was also gathered that Bello drove himself in a black Hilux to the EFCC office with his lawyers.
There were insinuations last week that he was going to visit the EFCC but the former governor’s media aides did not respond to enquiries on the information.
Recall that at the last hearing on the fresh charges preferred against the former governor, which took place before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on November 14, the EFCC had requested an adjournment to November 27 in the new case it instituted against Bello. The commission stated that the 30-day window for the summons previously issued was still running.
The EFCC, however, admitted his co-defendants, Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, to administrative bail and prayed to the court for an extension of time for the 1st Defendant to appear.
The matter was subsequently adjourned by the trial judge for the arraignment of Bello.
