That the former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello (alias White Lion) is a crafty, devious and dodgy character is an under statement. Those who know him know that he is more ignominious than that when a proper character sketch of him is drawn. His character traits are easily discernible in an encounter with him. This is unmistakable. …

A non-governmental organization, Journalists Against Corruption (JAC) have asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call the governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo to order, over what it termed “obstruction of the statutory functions of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the bid by the EFCC to arrest and prosecute the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Mr. …

For the second time in five months, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) made failed attempts to arrest former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello at the state’s Governor’s Lodge on Wednesday night in Abuja. Intriguingly, video and photo evidence by the embattled former governor’s media team showed that Bello visited the EFCC headquarters in Abuja earlier on Wednesday …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied having former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello in his custody. Media reports on Wednesday had stated Bello, who had failed to honour the commission’s invitations, had turned himself in to the anti-graft agency. But EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Dele Oyewale issued a statement on the commission’s verified X account …

The Media Office of the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yayaha Bello, has refuted the claim in certain quarters that he is one of the sponsors of the ongoing #Endbadgovernance protests across the country. A statement on Wednesday by Michael Ohiare stated the claim was part of the grand plans by some enemies of the former governor to frame …

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has declined the request to transfer the N80.2bn fraud trial of ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, from Abuja to Kogi State. The CJ, in a letter dated July 2 and signed by his Special Assistant, Joshua Aji, said he agreed with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that Bello …

The Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has declined the request to transfer the N80.2 billion fraud trial of ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, from Abuja to Kogi State. The CJ, in a letter dated 2 July, by his Special Assistant (SA), Joshua Aji, said he agreed with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that …

A former governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has asked the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Abuja, Justice John Tsoho to transfer his trial in alleged money laundering to Lokoja. Bello, who completed his two year tenure of eight years last 27 January, said that he preferred to be arraigned in Lokoja, the state capital, being the …

The nation has been agog with news of the ongoing face-off between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello and the others over the commission’s attempt to arrest Bello in connection with alleged official corruption involving the sum of N80.2 billion which he allegedly misappropriated while in office for …

The immediate-past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, asked his counterpart in Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to come out of his hiding and answer his case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bello has been having a running issue with the EFCC, which declared him wanted after he failed to show up for arraignment at the …