Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have laid siege to the Abuja home of a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.<\/p>\n
The ex-governor\u2019s home is located on Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja.<\/p>\n
Last month, the EFCC included Bello in money laundering charges to the tune of N84 billion initially filed against Bello\u2019s nephew Ali, one Dauda Sulaiman, and Abdulsalam Hudu before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja.<\/p>\n
Reacting to the EFCC\u2019s presence at his home on Wednesday, the ex-governor\u2019s media office, in a statement, condemned the operatives\u2019 actions while urging President Bola Tinubu to caution the EFCC.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, the presence of the operatives in Bello\u2019s residence negated the order of injunction granted on February 9, 2024, by the High Court of Justice, Lokoja Division, in Suit No. HCL\/68M\/2024 between Yahaya Bello v. EFCC, restraining the commission either by itself or its agents from harassing, arresting, detaining, or prosecuting him, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive fundamental rights enforcement action.<\/p>\n
The statement read, \u201cThe EFCC was duly served with that order on February 12, 2024, and on February 26, 2024, the EFCC filed an appeal (Appeal No.: CA\/ABJ\/CV\/175\/2024: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission v. Alhaji Yahaya Bello) against the said order to the Court of Appeal Abuja Division. The appeal was accompanied by a Motion for a Stay of Execution of the order of the High Court, which the Court of Appeal adjourned for hearing till April 22, 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cFurthermore, judgment in the substantive case between Alhaji Yahaya Bello and the EFCC will be delivered at 12 noon today in Lokoja.<\/p>\n
\u201cContrary to all of the above, the EFCC has now laid siege to the home of H.E Yahaya Bello, seeking to arrest him in contravention of the extant orders!<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a surprise that an agency led by a lawyer could flagrantly disobey a subsisting court order by taking actions contrary to the reliefs granted.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are aware of the total commitment of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s current administration to the rule of law and can say categorically that the EFCC leadership might have offered the agency on a platter of gold to desperate politicians to convert it to their score-settling tool without minding the effect on its integrity and the image of Nigeria as regards the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ex-governor\u2019s media office further alleged that the anti-graft agency was plotting to embarrass and harass him through spurious allegations, especially the latest one dating back to September 2015, long before he assumed office.<\/p>\n
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have laid siege to the Abuja home of a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The ex-governor\u2019s home is located…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n