A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dele Momodu has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of misfiring in the ongoing case against former Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello.
Speaking during an Instagram Live, on Saturday, the veteran journalist faulted EFCC’s claims of Bello using government funds to pay his children school fees upfront before the expiration of his tenure.
Mr. Dele condemned the agency’s conduct in its attempt to prosecute Bello, adding that the commission’s Chairman, Ola Olukoyede should have learnt from the cases of his predecessors, who he said were booted out ignominiously.
He said: “When they brought in the new chairman, I thought oh, you will have the benefit of learning from your predecessors.
“All of them were booted out ignominiously and if I were in the shoes of the current chairman, what I will simply do is make sure I do my job as meticulously, as professionally, as efficiently as possible. And, you will never go wrong if you obey the rule of law.
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“I watched the EFCC chairman, I think either last week or the week before the last, I was almost crying because the way he went on and on, if I don’t do this, spitting fire and all, you don’t have to do media trial.
Asked if the EFCC was lying about Bello, Momodu said: “I have no idea, I don’t work for EFCC but from all the things that I have read, a lot of them, they misfired. That is the honest truth. They misfired. They didn’t do their due diligence.
“When you said a man took out money and paid for his children’s school fees, just as he was about to leave power, and you go and check the documents and you see that these things started happening from 2021, 2022 (laughs); I am not an illiterate.”
