The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has barricaded the residence of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Abuja.
It was gathered that the operatives of the agency have taken positions around his Abuja home located at Benghazi Street, in the Wuse Zone 4 area of the city.
The EFCC operatives reportedly blocked the roads leading in and out of the street, causing vehicular traffic around the area.
The EFCC recently named the former Kogi governor in an amended charge filed against Alli Bello.
Alli, chief of staff to Usman Ododo, the incumbent governor of the state, and one Daudu Suleiman are the two defendants in the 17-count amended charge the Antigraft agency had claimed
The agency alleged that the suspects diverted about N84, 062,406,089.88. belonging to the state in September 2015 — about four months before Bello assumed office as governor of Kogi.
The state government however faulted the charge describing it as “ridiculous” and “laughable”. According to the Government, it was impossible, as the former governor was not yet in a position to access or misappropriate state funds at the said time.