A shootout ensued between EFCC operatives and security details of Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo and former Governor Yahaya Bello last Wednesday.
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During its plenary session on Monday, the Assembly asserted that the EFCC’s 17 April as well as 18 September actions amounted to “an assassination attempt” on both Mr Bello and his successor, Governor Ahmed Ododo. The House session saw a member representing Ankpa 1 State Constituency, Akus Lawal, move a motion of urgent public importance. Mr Lawal accused the EFCC of attempting not only to humiliate but also potentially harm both Governor Ododo and his predecessor, Yahaya Bello.
The Assembly’s majority leader, Suleiman AbdulRazak, claimed that EFCC officials had begged Mr Bello to allow them to stage his arrest for public spectacle, describing the incident as “an embarrassing charade.” EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede, was said to have sent word to the two men that they could leave the commission’s premises and that they he would invite them when necessary. However, operatives of the anti-graft agency stormed the Kogi State Government Lodge at night in a bid to arrest the former governor. As the situation grew tense, Mr Bello escaped from the scene with Mr Usman in the governor’s convoy.
EFCC declared Mr Bello wanted in April, a day after Mr Ododo helped to block the operatives of the agency from arresting Mr Bello at the former governor’s residence in Abuja.
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