By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has filed 19 criminal counts against a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello bordering on criminal breach of trust and money laundering.
The charge filed at the Federal High Court 9 in Abuja, with charge FHC/ABJ/CR/98/2024, and dated March 9, 2024, listed Yahaya Adoza Bello as the sole Defendant while the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the complainant.
The EFCC in the charge accused the ex-governor of conversion of a total of N80,246,470,089.88 being funds belonging to the Kogi State government in February 2016 to himself, an offence which is contrary to Section 18(a) and punishable under Section 15(3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended.
Details shortly…