Kogi Governor's Nephew Remanded In Prison (See What He Allegedly Did)

A Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has remanded Aliyu Bello, the nephew to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State in prison custody over an alleged N10.2 billion fraud. 

Aliyu was arraigned together with Dauda Sulaiman and Abdulsalami Hudu — Cashier of Kogi State House Administration (now at large) — by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). 

 

 EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Thursday, December 15, said the three of them were arraigned on a 10-count charge of misappropriation and money laundering,

“Bello and Sulaiman are accused of fraudulently withdrawing a sum of N10,270,556,800 (Ten Billion, Two Hundred and Seventy Million, Five Hundred and Fifty-six Thousand Eight Hundred Naira), from the Kogi State treasury which they delivered to a Bureau de Change operator, Rabiu Tafada, in Abuja to keep or change to foreign currencies for personal gains,” the statement read.