EFCC lays siege to Yahaya Bello’s Abuja residence amid ₦84bn fraud allegation

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) have laid siege to the Abuja home of a former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, located in Wuse Zone 4, Federal Capital Territory.

Photographs seen on Wednesday show some armed EFCC operatives laying siege to the ex-governor’s home on Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja.

The reason for the siege could not be independently ascertain as the spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, did not respond to inquiries concerning the development.

The EFCC had earlier dragged Yahaya Bello, his nephew Ali, one Dauda Sulaiman, and Abdulsalam Hudu before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in an amended charge in March 2024 over an alleged N84 billion money laundering.

Reacting to the development, the former governor’s media office, in a statement, condemned the operatives’ actions, urging President Bola Tinubu to caution the EFCC.

According to the statement, the presence of the operatives in Bello’s residence negated the order of injunction granted on February 9, 2024, by the High Court of Justice, Lokoja Division, in Suit No. HCL/68M/2024 between Yahaya Bello v. EFCC, restraining the commission either by itself or its agents from harassing, arresting, detaining, or prosecuting him, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive fundamental rights enforcement action.