The American International School, Abuja, has requested the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to furnish it with the agency’s “authentic banking details” for the refund of fees paid for the children of Yahaya Bello, a former governor of Kogi State.
Daily Trust Saturday had reported how the EFCC through its chairman, Ola Olukoyede at a press briefing with selected editors said Yahaya Bello allegedly paid $720,000 in advance as fees for five of his children from the coffers of the Kogi State Government.
Before then, the anti-graft agency had on April 17, laid siege on Bello’s residence in Abuja in an attempt to arrest him over an alleged N80.2 billion fraud, but Usman Ododo, the incumbent governor of Kogi, arrived at the property and whisked Bello away.
In a letter addressed to the Lagos zonal command of the EFCC, the school said the sum of $845,852 has been paid in tuition “since the 7th of September 2021 to date.”
However, the school requested to refund $760,910, because it had deducted educational services already rendered.
The school said it will draw the attention of the anti-graft agency if there are any further deposits by the Bello family.
