{"id":110991,"date":"2024-03-15T15:51:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=110991"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:51:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:51:53","slug":"kogi-govt-warns-efcc-against-persecution-media-trial-of-ex-governor-bello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kogi-govt-warns-efcc-against-persecution-media-trial-of-ex-governor-bello\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi govt warns EFCC against persecution, media trial of ex governor, Bello"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Kogi State government has, again, asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to come clean on the reason behind its unrelenting persecution and media trial of the immediate past governor, Yahaya Bello.<\/p>\n<p>The government said the world would be eager to know why the Commission was trying so hard to find what was not missing.<\/p>\n<p>The state government insisted that its funds were not missing, and called on the EFCC to desist from mentioning the name of Kogi State in its ongoing persecution.<\/p>\n<p>The government alleged that the witch-hunt was orchestrated by some political actors around the Presidency bent on destroying the image of the former governor.<\/p>\n<p>The Kogi State government made its position known in a statement by the Commissioner for Information in Kogi State, Kingsley Fanwo<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that this ignoble agenda is unknown to President Bola Tinubu, who trusted those people with power with the hope that they will use it judiciously for the greatness of our nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, they have decided to use the privileges given to them as tools for political vendetta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amended charges in which the name of the former governor, Bello, was mentioned are false, frivolous, fictitious, and far from the truth. They are cooked-up charges that signpost their desperation to call a dog a bad name in order to hang it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intention was to sensationalise the whole scenario and promote a media war against the former governor and other officials of government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen how low EFCC and its paymasters can go to pander to the political agenda of those afraid of the rising profile of Alhaji Yahaya Bello,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The state government called on President Tinubu to order a special probe into \u201cwhat is happening in Kogi State before the EFCC is pushed into being used as a hired gun by political hawks who are acting a selfish and overambitious script.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It said those who had personal grievances could vent their grievances without dragging the name of Kogi State in the mud.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner maintained that Kogi government \u201cbelieves in transparency, accountability, and probity in line with the trend from 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kogi State government has, again, asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to come clean on the reason behind its unrelenting persecution and media trial of the immediate&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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