Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, beseiged the Kogi State Government Lodge in Abuja in an attempt to arrest the former governor, Yahaya Bello.
The Director of Yahaya Bello’s Media Office, Ohiare Michael, raised the alarm in a statement titled, “Despite voluntary visit, EFCC officials surround Kogi Government Lodge, Abuja in an attempt to forcefully arrest former governor Yahaya Bello, fire gunshots.”
There was, however, some resistance by security operatives at the governor’s lodge as gunshots rented the air during the altercation.
Earlier in the day, the ex-governor’s media team and the anti-graft agency were engaged in a verbal dispute over the controversial visit of the ex-governor to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja.
A statement on Wednesday by Bello’s media team said the ex-governor finally surrendered himself and visited the EFCC headquarters months after being declared wanted by the anti-graft agency over an alleged N80.2bn fraud.
According to the statement, Bello went to the EFCC headquarters voluntarily to clear his name but the anti-graft agency refused to attend to him.
However, the spokesman for the EFCC, in a statement, insisted that Bello was not in the custody of the anti-graft agency.
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