Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed fresh charges against the wanted former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, accusing him of N110bn fraud.
The commission originally filed 19-count charge against the former Kogi governor, along with his nephew Ali Bello, Dauda Suliman, and Abdulsalam Hudu, for money laundering offences amounting to N80,246,470,088.88 (N80.2 billion).
In the fresh 16-count charge dated September 25, however, the total sum of the same money laundering offences rose to N110,446,470,89.00 (N110.4 billion).
Yaya Bello, Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu were listed as first to third defendants and accused of committing various offences of purchasing properties mainly in Abuja, Nigeria in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
The former governor, alongside the other defendants, was alleged to have bought a total of 12 houses in various locations in Abuja with the money.
The three of them were alleged to have committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the total sum of N110,446,470,089.00 entrusted to them.