After the 30 days window handed down by Justice Maryanne Anenih, there are strong indications that former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of funds.
Bello once showed up at the anti‐graft agency’s office alongside Governor Ahmed Ododo of Kogi state but was not arrested.
But on Tuesday, an informed source close to the EFCC divulged that Bello went to the EFCC office with his lawyers on and not with Governor Ododo.
Earlier, the Supreme Court judgment had dismissed states’ case on the constitutionality of the anti-graft agency.
It was also reliably gathered that the embattled former Governor drove himself in a black hilux to the EFCC office with his lawyers.
Last week, there were reports that he was going to visit the EFCC, but when contacted, the former governor’s media aide did not respond to enquiries on the information.
Meanwhile, at the last hearing on November 14, the EFCC had sought for adjournment to tomorrow (November 27) in the fresh case it instituted against Bello, insisting the 30 days window was still running for the summons earlier issued.
The EFCC, however, admitted his co-defendants, Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, to administrative bail and prayed the court for extension of time for the 1st Defendant to appear.