Popular activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has charged Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State to hand over his predecessor, Yahaya Bello to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for trial.
Adeyanju made the call while describing Ododo as an impunity-loving governor.
Posting on Facebook, Adeyanju wrote: “Ododo, the impunity-loving governor of Kogi State should hand over Yahaya Bello to the EFCC to face trial for all his corrupt acts.”
Bello has been on the run since EFCC initiated a fraud case with N80.2 billion while he was still governor of Kogi State.
He went into hiding after operatives of the anti-graft agency attempted to arrest him from his residence in Abuja.
During the raid by EFCC, Ododo had stormed Bello’s residence and whisked him out of the house.
Following its inability to arrest him, EFCC had placed him on the wanted list.
Amid the saga with the EFCC, Bello had prayed an Abuja Federal High Court to transfer his case to Kogi State for trial.
But Justice John Tsoho, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court dismissed Bello’s application seeking to transfer his case to Kogi State.
Justice Tsoho upheld the argument of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, that the case should remain in Abuja.
Meanwhile, there are reports that Ododo is hiding Bello at the Kogi State Government House.