The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said the former governor of Kogi State is not in its custody.
The EFCC stated this on Wednesday after the ex-governor’s media office said in a statement that he had turned himself in and was being held at the facility of the anti-graft agency.
The media office further said, “He was accompanied to the EFCC Headquarters by high profile Nigerians.
“It is our hope that the Commission will be as professional as necessary and respect his fundamental rights as a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Details of his engagement with the operatives of the Anti-Graft Agency will be disclosed later,” the statement said.
But in a twist, a statement sent to THE WHISTLER by Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC said “Media reports today that a former Governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Bello is in the holding facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is incorrect. The Commission wishes to state that Bello is not in its custody.
“Bello, already declared wanted by the Commission for alleged N80.2billion money laundering charges, remains wanted with a subsisting warrant for his arrest.”