EFCC is currently investigating Bello of alleged fraud to
the tune of N80.2 billion while he was governor of Kogi State.
The former governor refused to honour invitations by the
EFCC to clear his name and the attempt to arrest him from his Abuja residence
was thwarted by his successor, Governor Usman Ododo.
Ododo had stormed Bello’s residence in Abuja and reported
moved the former governor out while EFCC attempted to pick him up.
EFCC subsequently declared Bello wanted and placed him on a
watchlist because his whereabouts were unknown.
However, Okai said: “Anybody saying EFCC Chairman is
witch-hunting Yahaya Bello is a liar; this thing started when Bawa was heading
the agency. APC knows that this sin is too much to defend, and Tinubu, who
receives private security briefings across the 36 states, knows the enormous
crime committed by Yahaya Bello in Kogi State.
“We were at EFCC, and they assured us that this case would
not be suppressed; the whole world is watching them; if they allow Bello to go
free, then EFCC should be scrapped. Everybody is now a lawyer on television
defending the fundamental human rights of Bello, but where were they when he
was owing civil servants salaries? Where were these lawyers when innocent
people who criticised Bello disappeared into thin air? Where were these lawyers
when our roads were abandoned and hospitals in Kogi State were no longer
functioning?
“As we speak, no public primary or secondary school is
functioning in Kogi State, he has destroyed the education and local government
systems.
“If Ododo, who swore to uphold the constitution of Nigeria
for not up to six months, came and shielded Bello, who was declared wanted,
using our own car fueled by tax-payers money to protect a wanted fugitive, is
an aberration. He’s maltreating Ebira people where he hailed from.”
