Kogi Senator Natasha supports EFCC’s 80.2 billion naira fraud investigation against Yahaya Bello
Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduagan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has commended the efforts of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arrest and prosecute the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. . 80.2 billion Norwegian fraud.
This is as he commended the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukyoede, for transferring 14 properties initially confiscated by the Federal Government to the Enugu State government and people.
The lawmaker was reacting to Mr. Bello’s excuse for not responding to the EFCC’s invitation, saying that the committee should not take other He emphasized the need to investigate corrupt public officials.
The EFCC chairman, in a now viral video, said that whenever Mr. Bello was being questioned at his Abuja office, a female senator (name withheld) gathered journalists and confronted him. He claimed that he told Mr. Bello that he had humiliated him.
“I called the incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello, to come to my office to come clean. I shouldn’t have done that. They pushed more than 100 journalists in and said they weren't coming.
“I told him I would allow him to use my private gate to hide, but he said my men should come to the village and interrogate him,” Olukoede said. It is said that he spoke.
However, in a statement signed by Chief Israeli Spokesman Alogbonro and released over the weekend in Abuja, Senator Natasha, in light of his previous position as Kogi's Chief Security Officer, warned Yahaya Bello that the Nigerian law and reminded them of the importance of respecting the Constitution.
“I was surprised to hear that Mr. Yahaya Bello shunned the invitation from the EFCC despite serving as Kogi’s former chief security officer. As a former governor, he respects the laws and constitution of Nigeria. We need to understand the importance of this.
“It is a well-known fact that “those who enter the stock market must do so with clean hands.'' I therefore urge him to honor the invitation and clear his name while he still has the chance. I would advise you to do so.
“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the EFCC for its diligence in handling the case so far. No Nigerian is above the law, so I would like to take this opportunity to thank both Nigerians and the international community in the fight against corruption. “In order to gain the trust of both parties, the authorities must see this case through to its conclusion,” she said.
Source: dailypost.ng