The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday declared ex-governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello wanted for allegedly laundering over N80 billion.
In a notice, the anti-graft agency said, “Anybody with information as to his whereabout should report immediately to the Commission or the nearest Police Station.”
According to the commission, Bello’s last known address was 9, Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, the same location where EFCC operatives unsuccessfully tried to arrest the ex-governor on Wednesday.
Bello is needed to take his plea on a 19-count charge of money laundering at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
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At the court on Thursday, Bello, through his lawyer Abdulwahab Mohammed, asked that the arrest warrant issued against him be set aside.
He told Justice Emeka Nwite that the court lacked jurusidction to grant the order in the first instance. This was after an Ilorin High Court had restrained the EFCC from arresting or detaining Bello.
Mohammed said the Ilorin court order was challenged by the EFCC at the Court of Appeal and the matter was already fixed for hearing.
