Yahaya Bello: EFCC Confirms Receipt Of $760,000 From Abuja American School

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The American International School, Abuja, has paid the sum of $760,910 to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as refund for an advanced school fees paid to the school by a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, for his children.In an October 24, 2022 letter, the school had asked the anti-graft agency to provide its “authentic banking details” for the refund to be paid “as part of investigation into the alleged money laundering activities by the Bello family”.

The sum of $845,852 was said to be paid to the school between September 2021 and October 2022. The school said it deducted the educational services rendered between the period, with the remaining amount being $760,910.The EFCC is prosecuting Bello on 19 counts bordering on alleged money laundering, breach of trust, and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N80.2 billion.

The anti-graft commission had declared Bello wanted after his successor, Governor Usman Ododo allegedly whisked him away on April 17, 2024, preventing EFCC operatives to arrest him when they laid siege to his Abuja residence.on May 13, 2024, to show cause why an order of committal should not be made against him for allegedly disobeying court order.

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