The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has brought former Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello, his nephew, and two others before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on charges of suspected N84 billion in money laundering.
This was reported in a post on the EFCC’s X Twitter on Friday, March 15.
The statement partly reads, “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 14, 2024, dragged former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, for alleged N84 billion money laundering offences, alongside his nephew Ali Bello, Dauda Sulaiman, and Abdulsalam Hudu.
“The EFCC is prosecuting the quartet on an amended 17-count charge of money laundering, breach of trust, and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N84,062,406,089.88 (eighty-four billion, sixty-two million, four hundred and six thousand, eighty-nine naira, and eighty-eight kobo).”
Although the former governor and Hudu were not present in court, the first and second defendants, Ali and Suleiman, “pleaded not guilty” to all of the accusations read to them.
