FIJ
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a new N110 billion fraud charge against Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State.
A copy of the charge sheet signed on Wednesday and obtained by FIJ shows details of the N110 billion fraud charge among the 16-count charges against Bello.
The former governor, Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, two officials of the Kogi state government, were charged to the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a new N110 billion fraud charge against Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State.
A copy of the charge sheet signed on Wednesday and obtained by FIJ shows details of the N110 billion fraud charge among the 16-count charges against Bello.
The former governor, Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, two officials of the Kogi state government, were charged to the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Count 1 accuses Bello, Oricha and Hudu of conspiring in 2016 to commit a criminal breach of trust involving N110.45 billion entrusted to them.
Count 2 says that the former governor and the two others, while having control over the Kogi treasury in 2023, dishonestly used N950 million to purchase a property at No. 35 Danube Street, Maitama District, Abuja.
While Count 3 accuses them of dishonestly using N100 million in 2021 to acquire a property at No. 1160, Cadastral Zone C03, Gwarimpa I District, Abuja, Count 4 also accuses them of dishonestly using N920 million in 2020 to acquire a property at No. 2 Justice Chukwudifu Oputa Street, Asokoro, Abuja, while in control of the state’s treasury.
For Count 5, they dishonestly used N170 million in 2022 to acquire a property at Block D Manzini Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja.
Count 6 says Bello and his accomplices dishonestly used N100 million in 2018 to obtain a property at No. 1773 Guzape District, Abuja while Count 7 says they used N100 million to dishonestly acquire a property at No: A02/176 Block 488B, Lome Street, Wuse 1, Abuja, in 2020.
For Count 8, they were accused of using N66 million dishonestly in 2020 for the acquisition of a property on No. 739 Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2 at No. 13 Citiscape-Sharriff Plaza, Abuja.
In 2020, they also dishonestly obtained a N550 million property at No. 2934A Cadastral Zone A06 also known as No.1 Ikogosi Spring Close, Maitama District, Abuja, according to Count 9.
Count 10 says Bello and the other two acquired a N650 million property in Cadastral Zone A08, Wuse 2, Abuja, in 2021.
Count 11 says that they spent 5,698,888 UAE dirhams (approximately N2.5 billion) to acquire a property in Dubai in 2022. Count 12 says they got a N60 million property at Block 18 (337) Flat B Gwelo Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, in 2016.
Count 13 says they dishonestly used N310.4 million to tastefully renovate a property at No. 9 Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja in 2017.
While Count 14 accuses them of dishonestly sending $570,330 to this account number — 4266644272 — domiciled with TD Bank, USA, in 2021, Count 15 says they sent another $556,265 to the same account that year.
Count 16, where ex-governor Bello is the sole defendant, accuses the former governor of having N677.8 million under his control between 2017 and 2018, and this amount was unlawfully obtained from Bespoque Business Solution Limited.
THIS STORY FIRST APPEARED IN FIJ
