By Seyi Babalola
Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson for the defunct Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, has criticized the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) decision to declare former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello wanted.
Bwala stated that the EFCC has all of the tools at its disposal to apprehend Bello, thus designating him wanted was unnecessary.
He asked why the EFCC couldn’t treat Bello like former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha.
The EFCC declared Bello wanted in connection with a suspected money laundering case involving N80.2 billion.
The anti-graft agency also notified the Federal High Court in Abuja that it was contemplating employing the Nigerian Army to arrest Bello.
This comes after the agency was unable to apprehend the former governor during a raid on his Abuja home earlier this week.
The intervention of Bello’s successor, Governor Usman Ododo, allowed the former governor to avoid arrest.
Following the incident in Abuja, the former governor’s whereabouts have remained unknown, prompting the EFCC to proclaim him wanted.
Reacting, Bwala posted on X: “Unless EFCC and Yaya Bello are both doing simulation for a movie about the agency and former governors, the press statement captioned “wanted” is not necessary.
“You were at his residence to effect arrest- you failed to apply ACJA or better still what you did to Okorocha at his residence.
“You knew who came and whisked him away- you allowed that
“Both him and the incumbent governor have security detail from police and SSS who must report activities including the whereabouts of their VIPs to their commands- meaning his whereabouts is not hidden
“You knew Police and SSS have surveillance instruments for geo-tracking and geo-locating- yet you failed to approach
“You are asking the general public to give you information about someone you have every reason to know his whereabouts. Please do your job without dramatizing it.”
