Daniel Bwala, the ex-spokesperson for the PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 election, has criticized the comments of the EFCC Chairman, suggesting that he has been breaching the protocols of the anti-graft commission.
He accused the anti-graft chairman of building a narrative against ex-governor Bello, using the media instead of the law courts.
He further queried the EFCC about when it would commence criminal trials to get the defendant convicted instead of running to journalists.
According to a reliable news source from Daily Post, he said, "You are trying to say that as chairman, you can breach protocol and procedure that you set. Does everybody you invite to that commission get the same privilege? Now, is the very concept that everybody is equal before the law and nobody is above the law applied?
“He now went ahead to talk about the substance in the charge sheet. So, what was he actually trying to achieve? He wants to convict Yahaya Bello before the media so that if the substance of the charge eventually fails, the media can then build a narrative that the judge was bribed or that nobody wants EFCC to succeed.
Recall that Olukoyede has revealed that the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, transferred $720,000 from the government’s coffers to a bureau de change before leaving office to pay in advance for his child’s school fee.
The EFCC Chairman also said that he made a direct phone call to the former governor out of respect, urging him to appear before the commission and address the allegations against him.
He, however, argued that the former governor reportedly declined to cooperate, citing fears of harassment from an unnamed woman.