{"id":112568,"date":"2024-06-13T20:32:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T19:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=112568"},"modified":"2024-06-13T20:32:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T19:32:22","slug":"n80bn-fraud-efcc-accuses-colleagues-others-of-shielding-yahaya-bello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/n80bn-fraud-efcc-accuses-colleagues-others-of-shielding-yahaya-bello\/","title":{"rendered":"N80bn fraud: EFCC accuses colleagues, others of shielding Yahaya Bello"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1801749674998297377\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, said ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, who is accused of N80.2bn fraud, had ridiculed the Nigerian justice system by failing to present himself for trial in court.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe EFCC acting Zonal Director, Benin Zonal Command, Mr Effa Okim, stated this during a familiarisation visit to the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Asaba, Delta State capital.<\/p>\n<p>The EFCC is having a running legal battle with Bello over alleged N80.2bn fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Following a failed attempt to arrest him and his repeated absence from court for his arraignment, the EFCC declared Bello wanted, while the Nigerian Immigration also placed the governor on a watchlist.<\/p>\n<p>When asked on Wednesday why the EFCC had yet to arrest Bello weeks after he was declared wanted, an irate Okim claimed that the ex-governor was being shielded by the system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the last question I expected because the shame is on all of us. Is that a question I should answer alone? It\u2019s not me, it is the Federal Republic of Nigeria,\u201d the EFCC zonal director said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat politically-exposed Yahaya Bello, whose crime has been traced to him by allegation and has been invited by EFCC to come and explain, and for months he is acting drama and we are all here wanting to ask questions! The shame is our own shame!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t we catch him? We can, but do we go all out to catch him? Do we need to do that when he has his masters? Can\u2019t they call him and tell him, \u2018You are disgracing Nigeria\u2019? What are you telling the world? Tell him to go and explain himself like others have done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are the ministers? Where are Yahaya Bello\u2019s colleagues, even in his hiding? So, Nigerians can\u2019t tell him \u2018This is not fair, go and report; they are not going to kill you\u2019? But people are still eating and dining with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okim said beyond legality, there was a moral aspect of the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere has morality gone before legality that we can\u2019t summon that man and tell him to go and report himself to the EFCC? Some persons are writing, supporting him, while some are criticizing the commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is our own problem that borders on Nigeria\u2019s image. Our children are watching their parents behave like children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, the truth has vanished. Even in Animal Farm, this will not happen, that a man who was part of the system that was a custodian of our culture, rules and laws can behave like this and you are asking questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe media should come out for the first time to harmonise, criticise that action and forget about prosecution but tell him to make himself available; thereafter we know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okim said the criminal justice system had been ridiculed by the actions of Bello, \u201cAnd because we respect the law, we want to go by the process, we are inhibited that does not make us weak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman, NUJ Delta State Council, Churchill Oyowe, assured the commission the support of journalists in the state.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/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 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, said ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, who is accused of N80.2bn fraud, had ridiculed the Nigerian justice system by failing to present&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":109177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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