The operatives of the EFCC Wednesday night allegedly laid siege at the Kogi Government Lodge, Asokoro in an attempt to arrest former Governor Yahaya Bello.
This was revealed by the former governor’s media office director Ohiare Michael, in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja Wednesday night.
He alleged that the anti-graft officers shot sporadically in the air in the bid to carry out their aim.
This is coming hours after Mr Bello in another statement by his media office claimed that he had surrendered himself to the agency.
The statement reads: “It has come to our notice that people suspected to be operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, are currently around the Kogi Government Lodge, Asokoro in an attempt to forcefully arrest former Governor Yahaya Bello.
They have been shooting sporadically.
“It was reported earlier that the former Governor went to the EFCC Office voluntarily, but the commission told him to leave and come at a later date, only to mount an attack on the Kogi Government facility in Asokoro.”
However, the EFCC denied receiving Mr Bello in a statement Wednesday afternoon by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale.
He said Bello was still being wanted with a subsisting warrant of arrest.
The EFCC statement said, “A section of the media ear;lier in the day reported that the former governor has turned himself in at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja where he was subsequently detained.
Oyewale said news reports that Bello was being detained in the commission was not true.
“Bello, already declared wanted by the Commission for alleged N80.2 billion money laundering charges, remains wanted with a subsisting warrant for his arrest,” the anti-graft agency’s statement said.
The case against Bello is expected to resume on September 26 at the Federal High Courtin Abuja before Justice Emeka Nwite.
The EFCC had filed a 19-count money laundering charge involving N80.2 billion alleged fraud against Bello before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in Abuja.
