The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Ola Olukoyede, has sworn to follow the prosecution of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to a logical conclusion.
According to The PUNCH, the anti-graft chairman vowed to resign as EFCC chairman while speaking with a journalist at the commission’s headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja on Tuesday said he would resign if Bello is not prosecuted.
He vowed that all those who obstructed the arrest of the former governor would be brought to book.
The Chairman of EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has said the embattled former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, withdrew $720,000 from the government account to a Bureau de Change to pay for his child’s school fees in advance.
The EFCC is seeking to arraign Bello on 19 counts bordering on alleged money laundering, breach of trust and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N80.2 billion.
He said that no matter what anyone does or the amount of attack against the anti-graft agency, he and his men will not relent in helping to sanitise the country.
Olukoyede said the EFCC needs the support of Nigerians to succeed as he emphasised that if the agency fails, Nigeria fails. He stated that the efforts made currently have helped the value of the Naira and the foreign market.
Meanwhile, the EFCC has served a copy of the charge sheet of alleged fraud to the tune of N80bn against the immediate past governor on his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohamed.
This followed a Tuesday order by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja after Bello’s absence in court.
He was absent from court for his arraignment on a 19-count charge of alleged money laundering to the tune of ₦80bn.
