According to the report from the Tribune, the chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede underscores the EFCC's role as a law enforcement agency that investigates white-collar crimes, emphasizing that their methods are governed by the law and intended to be non-violent.
He explains that although it may have been possible to use more aggressive tactics to apprehend Bello, it would have been counterproductive and potentially unlawful, given the nature of the alleged offenses. He claims that Bello's decision to flee from questioning actually made the situation worse, as it necessitated declaring him wanted.
He said, "We are a sophisticated law enforcement agency, We are not the military. What we investigate are financial crimes (white-collar crimes). There are certain things that may be lawful for us but may not be expedient and nobody would have asked me to do it. I am a lawyer. So, if I had killed one or two people because of a white-collar crime, what would I have done if it were terrorists?
Was it not worse for him (Yahaya Bello) to have even run away that day because if he had submitted himself to us that day, we wouldn’t have declared him wanted."