{"id":219043,"date":"2024-09-20T10:09:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T10:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/20\/i-have-nothing-to-hide\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T10:09:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T10:09:07","slug":"i-have-nothing-to-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/20\/i-have-nothing-to-hide\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have Nothing To Hide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has honored the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, over corrupt allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that on August 20, 2024, the court of appeal in Abuja ordered Bello to surrender himself for arraignment by the EFCC.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-graft agency, subsequently issued a warrant for his arrest, declaring him wanted after repeatedly failing to comply with court orders to surrender himself for arraignment.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a statement released on Wednesday by his media office, revealed that Bello\u2019s decision to honor EFCC\u2019s invitation was made following the consultations with his family, legal team and political allies.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads:\u00a0\u201cThe former Governor, who has great respect for the rule of law and constituted authority, had, all the while, only sought the enforcement of his fundamental rights in order to ensure due process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe case has been before a competent court of jurisdiction, and Alhaji Yahaya Bello had been duly represented by his legal team at every hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important for the former Governor to now honour the invitation of the EFCC to clear his name as he has nothing to hide and nothing to fear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0N80bn Fraud: Appeal Court Orders Yahaya Bello To Present Self For Arraignment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe former Governor believes firmly in the efforts of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to place Nigeria on the path of sustainable economic development; and supports the fight against corruption in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is on record that he was the first Governor of Kogi State to put in place an anti-corruption mechanism to check graft and ensure that the resources of the State work for the people of the State.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"941128\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1524907815\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FirstBank-Giant-Strides300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has honored the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, over corrupt allegations. Recall that on August 20, 2024, the court of appeal in Abuja ordered Bello to surrender himself for arraignment by the EFCC. The anti-graft agency, subsequently issued a warrant for his arrest, declaring him wanted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I Have Nothing To Hide - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/20\/i-have-nothing-to-hide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I Have Nothing To Hide - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has honored the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, over corrupt allegations. 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