Former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello reportedly Withdrew $720,000 From Kogi Account To Pay Child’s School Fees according to EFCC Chairman, Olukoyede.
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, transferred $720,000 from the government’s coffers to a bureau de change before leaving office to pay in advance for his child’s school fee.
Olukoyede revealed this during an interview with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja.
“A sitting governor, because he knows he is going, moved money directly from government to bureau de change, used it to pay the child’s school fee in advance, $720,000 in advance, in anticipation that he was going to leave the Government House.
“In a poor state like Kogi, and you want me to close my eyes to that under the guise of ‘I’m being used.’ Being used by who at this stage of my life?” He said.
This report comes days after the Economic and Financial Crime Commission declared the former governor wanted for Money Laundering and Fund mismanagement
The former governor was said to have eluded arrest from authorities and is currently in hideout
