Media office to EFCC: Allow court decide Bello’s fate

The media office of the former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said the court was yet to prove the allegations made against the embattled former governor by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by Bello’s media office director, Ohiare Michael, on Friday, adding that the former governor did not pay the fees of his children with monies from the coffers of the Kogi State Government.

On Tuesday, the Chairman of the EFCC at a press conference, alleged that Bello withdrew $720,000 from a government account to pay his children’s school fees in advance.

Following the press conferences receipts of payments of the said fees bearing the names of Bello’s children and those of other family members, who separately paid their fees, have gone viral on social media.

However, his media office, said Bello’s children attended the American International School, Abuja before he became Governor “and he has paid fees for his children as of when due and without fail.”

It further stated that the documents published online have been filed by his lawyers and suggest that Bello has nothing to hide about the payment of advance fees for his children.

The statement read, “This unending harassment and persecution, even while in office, were among the key reasons he sought to enforce his fundamental human rights. Punch