The Kogi State House of Assembly has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to remove former governor Yahaya Bello’s name from the list of wanted persons.
This was the resolution after a member representing Ajaokuta state constituency, Jibrin Abu, presented a matter of urgent public importance on the floor of the House on Tuesday, April 23.
In his motion, titled, ‘A call to end all false, frivolous, fictitious, and far from the truth smear campaign against the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello,” the lawmaker alleged that the anti-graft agency has been witch-hunting Bello.
“Kogi State, by allocation standard, is not rich so much so that N80.4b will be missing that the State will not be shaken to its foundation. This claim by the EFCC should be sanctioned and taken as laughable. Innocent Nigerians and Kogi State citizens that bought into the lies should by their personal volition withdraw their support,” he stated.
On his part, former deputy speaker of the House, Enema Paul, urged the EFCC to respect the rule of law.
In his ruling, speaker of the House, Aliyu Yusuf, urged the anti-graft agency not to act contrary to the law of the country.
“This House is not against the EFCC doing their job but they should do it within the ambit of the law and not in a Gestapo way.
“The country belongs to all of us, so we must respect the law and work with it,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede, has said that he would leave no stone unturned to ensure that Bello is prosecuted.
