The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has declared his intention to step down from his position if embattled former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is not brought to justice.
Speaking passionately during a discussion with editors at the EFCC Headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, Olukoyede asserted his commitment to ensuring the prosecution of Mr. Bello reached its conclusion.
As reported by Punch, Olukoyede did not mince words, promising that anyone found to have obstructed the arrest of the former governor would face the full force of the law.
He said, “A sitting governor, because he knows he is going, moved money directly from government to bureau de change, used it to pay the child’s school fee in advance, $720,000 in advance, in anticipation that he was going to leave the Government House.
“In a poor state like Kogi, and you want me to close my eyes to that under the guise of ‘I’m being used.’ Being used by who at this stage of my life?”
Similarly, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, disclosed that a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, transferred $720,000 from the state’s coffers to a bureau de change to prepay his child’s school fees before leaving office.
During an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Olukoyede expressed his dismay at the audacious act, particularly in a state like Kogi with pressing economic challenges.
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