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EFCC Boss Olukoyede Threatens to Step Down if Yahaya Bello Escapes Prosecution

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EFCC Boss Olukoyede has threatened to step down if Yahaya Bello escapes prosecution.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has sworn to follow the prosecution of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to a logical conclusion.

In a chat with journalists at the EFCC Headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja on Tuesday, the anti-graft chairman vowed to resign as EFCC chairman if Bello is not prosecuted.

 

ALSO: Kogi Assembly Slams EFCC Over ‘Wanted’ Designation on Yahaya Bello

 

He also stated that all those who obstructed the arrest of the former governor would be brought to book.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the EFCC is seeking to arraign Bello on 19 counts bordering on alleged money laundering, breach of trust and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N80.2 billion.

 

He said that no matter what anyone does or the amount of attack against the anti-graft agency, he and his men will not relent in helping to sanitise the country.

Olukoyede said the EFCC needs the support of Nigerians to succeed as he emphasised that if the agency fails, Nigeria fails. He stated that the efforts made currently has helped the value of the Naira and the foreign market.

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