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By: News Peddlers
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| EFCC and Yahaya Bello |
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has threatened to use the military to move the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, out of hiding place.
The commission and the former governor have been playing hide and seek game in the last few weeks.
The commission invaded the Abuja residence of Bello on Wednesday to arrest him but couldn’t do owing to some external forces.
According to reports, the former governor may have been hiding in the Kogi State Government House under the immunity of Governor Ahmed Ododo, his successor, who is covered with Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
The EFCC has been looking for Bello to arrest him on allegations of financial mismanagement while in office as governor.
Bello was scheduled to be arraigned in court on Thursday, but his absence prevented the proceedings from taking place.
During Thursday's proceedings, Counsel to the EFCC, Mr Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, told the court that the commission will bring Bello to trial, even if it means using the military to do so.
He said, "We may have to call in the military to get Yahaya Bello out of where he is hiding.
"We may have to use the military to get him out because immunity does not protect him where he is hiding.
"No one is above the law. Immunity covers only the governor and not everyone around him.”