Yahaya Bello, a former Kogi governor, was on Wednesday morning hauled up to a Federal High Court in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
He is being charged with N110 billion fraud, an offence allegedly committed while he was governor.
Persecondnews reported that the EFCC had detained Yahaya Bello after he presented himself before the anti-graft agency on Tuesday.
Bello is being prosecuted by the agency over alleged fraud when he served as governor.
EFCC Spokesman Dele Oyewale confirmed that the former governor was at the anti-graft agency’s office about 12:54 p.m. on Tuesday and was detained for further investigation.
He said that Bello, who was declared wanted by the commission, is with his lawyers.
”He is having a session with investigators of the commission. He is being detained in our custody, and he is going to be arraigned in court accordingly,” Oyewale said.
He was declared wanted by the EFCC in April 2024.
The anti-graft agency initially filed 19-count charges against Bello and his nephews, Ali Bello, Dauda Suliman, and Abdulsalam Hudu, for alleged money laundering offences totalling over N80 billion.
However, the charges were later amended to 16 counts bordering on fraud amounting to N101.4 billion.
The court had previously issued a summons against Bello and later ordered that a hearing notice be served on him at his residence and on the court’s notice board.
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