..…accuses Gov Ododo of frustrating arrest of predecessor
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
In an attempt to carry out the order it issued on Wednesday, April 17, to arrest Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi state, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has threatened to involve military.
Asserting that Bello’s successor, Usman Ododo, was impeding his client’s attempts to carry out the order on Wednesday, EFCC attorney Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) issued the warning on Thursday, April 18, before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
“What happened yesterday was that a person with immunity (Ododo) came to whisk him (Bello) away to abort his arrest,” Pinheiro said.
“We know that he is being kept in his successor’s house. Immunity is not attached to a home but to a person.
“We can invite the military to invade the building where he is being kept to execute the order of this court. What is edifying for him is to come to court and not to continue to play games.
“We want to come next week so that we can produce him. We know what to do. He cannot stand in the way of the Constitution.
“A former president of the United States was indicted, he is attending court. He did not play pranks by filing frivolous cases.
“If he believes he is innocent, he should come before the court and defend it here.”
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