Oshiomhole Flays Ododo For Preventing EFCC From Arresting Yahaya Bello

Adams Oshiomhole, the Senator representing Edo North, has flayed the Governor of Kogi State, Usman Ahmed Ododo for preventing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting ex-governor of the state, Yahaya Bello.

The Matrix reports that on April 17, EFCC operatives laid siege to Bello’s Abuja residence in a bid to arrest him for grilling. While the operatives were at the property, Ododo made an entrance.

Shortly after Ododo left the residence, the EFCC operatives ended their siege. There were reports that Ododo had surreptitiously whisked Bello away in one of the cars in his convoy.

Reacting to this development recently at the national integration conference, Oshiomhole said Ododo’s “rescue” of Bello and the former governor’s refusal to show up in court, constitutes a breach of the law.

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The conference which had ‘Revisiting the national question: Nigeria’s elusive search for national integration’ as its theme, was organised by the Kukah Centre.

The senator also urged citizens to speak up against breaches of the law — irrespective of who is involved.

“If you are afraid, given the fact that you are very vocal, you are independent, you cannot be dismissed, you cannot be promoted or demoted… if you are afraid to mention the name of a former governor who breached the law and a sitting governor who used his immunity to cover a governor that lost immunity, where will the courage come from?” Oshiomhole said.

“This sophistry of saying we can name the child of a poor man who steal(s) a goat but we are afraid to mention the name of a big man who breached the law, that for me is at the root of our problems.”