Kogi’s former Gov Yahaya Bello has dug himself right into a gap for resisting arrest. And the EFCC has plans to crash the roof down on his head.
His defence lawyer Abdulwahab Muhammed refused to assist when he dodged the service of the arrest warrant the EFCC needed to execute April 17.
“We now have to arraign him in courtroom even when we now have to make use of the army,” EFCC lawyer Kemi Pinheiro mentioned in an Abuja excessive courtroom April 18. “Immunity is just connected to an individual and never the constructing.”
Yahaya Bello holed up in his Abuja fortress when the company’s operatives descended on the perimeter yesterday. His godson and successor Usman Ododo needed to bluff his approach by means of the siege, and shielded his mentor till the operatives left.
Either side now race towards time.
“The regulation permits to interrupt down partitions to arrest an evading defendant. Part 284 says all individuals are to obey the service of cost,” the EFCC lawyer mentioned.
The previous governor has been utilizing delay ways because the company started frisking him and his cronies. The company claimed they stole N84 billion within the two phrases of his administration.
Quite a few APC governors that served out their phrases not too long ago have needed to clear one or two issues with the company about their funds. Former Ekiti Gov Kayode Fayemi did with out taking part in cops and robbers with the company.