The Kogi State Government has once again told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to come clean on the reason behind its unrelenting persecution and media trial of the immediate past governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, saying that the world would be eager to know why the commission is trying so hard to find what is not missing.
The state government insisted that its funds were not missing, calling on the EFCC to desist from mentioning the name of Kogi State in its ongoing persecution, allegedly orchestrated by some political actors around the Presidency bent on destroying the image of the former governor.
“We believe that this ignoble agenda is unknown to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who trusted those people with power with the hope that they will use it judiciously for the greatness of our nation. Unfortunately, they have decided to use the privileges given to them as tools for political vendetta,” a statement, signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, said.”
“The amended charges in which the name of the former governor was mentioned are false, frivolous, fictitious and far from the truth. They are cooked-up charges that signpost their desperation to call a dog a bad name in order to hang it. The intention was to sensationalise the whole scenario and promote a media war against the former governor and other officials of government.
“We have seen how low EFCC and its paymasters can go in order to pander to the political agenda of those afraid of the rising profile of Alh. Yahaya Bello,” it added.
The state government called on President Tinubu to order a special probe into “what is happening in Kogi State before the EFCC is pushed into being used as a hired gun by political hawks who are acting a selfish and overambitious script.”
It said those who had personal grievances could vent their grievances without dragging the name of Kogi State in the mud, maintaining that the Kogi Government “believes in transparency, accountability and probity in line with the trend from 2016.”
