Nigerian lawyer and public affairs analyst, Liborous Oshoma, claims that the EFCC chairman's method of summoning the former Kogi state Governor indirectly suggests an effort to deal with the fraud accusation secretly rather than using formal procedures.
He observed that despite the seriousness of the allegations leveled against Yahaya Bello, such as the purported misappropriation of state funds, the EFCC seemed to be pursuing a resolution outside the usual legal channels. He contended that instead of being summoned to court through the constitutional process for addressing financial misconduct, the former governor has been engaged with by the EFCC on the matter.
He said in an interview with Arise TV, ''There is something very Germaine here. The first question is why would somebody rush to court if you know he's not in the picture of all of these issues? EFCC put Yahaya Bello in the picture by that call. By saying, oh my brother come, there is an issue here. Let us iron it out. You said this man has amassed almost $1M and you are calling him to come through the back door. So that you people can iron it out.
And the man said, come to my village. The security agencies that we know can go to the extent of going to more than your village to come and arrest you. Section 46 of the constitution says that if any person who alleges that any provisions of this constitution or likely to be contravening in any state in relation to him may apply to a high court for redress. Once you are begging him to come and let us resolve the matter. This is a matter you said is so grave as taking money from the state but you are begging him to come through your back door.''
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