Kogi govt urges Tinubu to probe N100bn fraud allegations against Yahaya Bello

The Kogi government says funds belonging to the state did not go missing under Yahaya Bello, its immediate past governor.

Gatekeeper recalls that on Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, named Bello in an amended charge filed against Alli Bello.

Alli, chief of staff to Usman Ododo, the current governor of the state, and one Daudu Suleiman are the two defendants in the 17-count amended charge.

The EFCC alleged that the suspects diverted about N100 billion belonging to the state in September 2015 — about four months before Bello assumed office as governor.

Reacting in a statement on Friday, Kingsley Fanwo, Kogi Commissioner for Information and Communications, said the former governor is squeaky clean.

He also called on the EFCC to desist from mentioning the former governor’s name in its “ongoing persecution”, adding that some political actors are bent on destroying Bello.