Declaring Yahaya Bello wanted is unnecessary – Daniel Bwala tells EFCC

Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson for the defunct Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, criticized the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for declaring former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, wanted. Bwala argued that the EFCC had the necessary means to apprehend Bello without the need for such a declaration.

He questioned why the EFCC treated Bello differently from former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha. The EFCC declared Bello wanted over allegations of money laundering amounting to N80.2 billion, and indicated its consideration of involving the Nigerian Army for his arrest.

Despite a failed attempt to arrest Bello at his Abuja residence, his successor, Governor Usman Ododo’s intervention enabled him to evade arrest. Bello’s whereabouts have remained unknown since the incident, leading to the EFCC’s decision to declare him wanted.

Reacting, Bwala posted on X: “Unless EFCC and Yaya Bello are both doing simulation for a movie about the agency and former governors, the press statement captioned “wanted” is not necessary.

“You were at his residence to effect arrest- you failed to apply ACJA or better still what you did to Okorocha at his residence.

“You knew who came and whisked him away- you allowed that

“Both him and the incumbent governor have security detail from police and SSS who must report activities including the whereabouts of their VIPs to their commands- meaning his whereabouts is not hidden

“You knew Police and SSS have surveillance instruments for geo-tracking and geo-locating- yet you failed to approach

“You are asking the general public to give you information about someone you have every reason to know his whereabouts. Please do your job without dramatizing it.”