The social media has been agog in the last 24 hours following the trending invoice of payment made by embattled former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, who withdrew a large sum from the state’s coffers to pay his children’s school fees.
Bello paid $845,000 school fees in advance for his children at the American International School of Abuja.
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Recall that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday claimed that investigation by the anti-graft agency revealed that Bello is culpable.
Following a failed attempt to arrest him in his Abuja residence last week Wednesday and the ex-governor’s absence from the Federal High Court where he was scheduled to be arraigned last Thursday, the EFCC declared him wanted.
Also, the Nigerian Immigration Service placed him on watchlist.
Bello is insisting that the attempt by the EFCC to arrest and prosecute him for an alleged N80.2bn fraud was in violation of a February 6 order of the Federal High Court in Lokoja restraining the anti-graft agency.
He has been in hiding since.
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Reacting to this, a social media user @DeborahToluwase said: “There was a time when civil servants were being paid as low as N6,000. I remember when friends and relatives back home who were senior civil servants would reach out to my mum for help because Bello wouldn’t pay salaries and when he did, he would be paying N6k; N10k. People suffered.”
Kayode Ogundamisi, a social commentator wrote that: “Yahaya Bello is not guilty for desiring a guaranteed quality education for his children, that is what every responsible parent should aspire to do. His crime is unlawfully using Kogi State funds and thus killing the future of the children of the poor and weak in Kogi State 😢.
“The American International School in Abuja unwittingly enabled corruption, you have a politically exposed person post paying for 5 children and an unadmitted child and choose to accept close to a million dollars in advance?@officialEFCC did a brilliant job here.”
A member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, @mrlurvy said “Seems EFCC has launched a full media trial on White Lion. First it was a video clip by the Chairman saying he would resign if Yahaya Bello is not prosecuted. Today, na evidence of school fees payment we dey see. Yahaya Bello is such a smart man, he made the road to his village so bad that EFCC cannot drive to go and pick him there.”
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Other reactions
@SodiqTade: What did Kogi people do to Yahaya Bello to deserve this level of looting. Sigh.
@I_am_Ilemona: We’re only hearing about Yahaya Bello’s corruption because he’s fallen out with the powers that be in APC. For years, we shouted that he was looting the state blind, and they sent their vuvuzelas to cuss us out. Now those very same vuvuzelas are acting brand new.
Ridwan Oke: Yahaya Bello doesn’t deserve peace. He literally paid for his Children’s school fees till 2034 from the States’ coffers? They should conduct further investigation, that’s the least of his crimes.
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