The Tinubu Media Support Group has called on former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to heed the Attorney General’s advice and submit himself for investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over corruption allegations.
In a statement, the group described Bello’s standoff with the EFCC as unnecessary, saying it undermines the law and President Tinubu’s anti-corruption war.
The group stated that the EFCC’s invitation to Bello is in line with the administration’s zero-tolerance for corruption, urging the former governor to make himself available to EFCC investigators as required by law.
It advised members of the ruling APC against taking up arms against the anti-graft agency, noting that strict accountability is a cardinal principle of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
The statement said: “We have carefully watched all the drama and subterfuge that continue to trail the invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Governor Yahaya Bello, a senior member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the curious attempts to politicize the routine matter of the request by the graft fighting agency to ask former Governor Bello to meet with its investigators.
“For us, the intervention of the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, asking the former Kogi governor to subject himself to EFCC’s scrutiny is a clear signal in this regard, not only on the position of law, but also on the stance of the President Bola Tinubu administration on anti- corruption.
“It should be clear by now to all Nigerians that strict accountability in governance occupies a cardinal place in President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. To serve this purpose, his government has shown zero tolerance to cases of corruption since assuming office.
“So the EFCC, by inviting the former governor Yahaya Bello, like it did with past and previous officials of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and the immediate past Aviation minister, Hadi Sirika, is in tandem with its policy and character to nurture a culture of probity and accountability in governance.”
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