The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, has dismissed claims that its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede subjected the fast previous governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello to a media trial.
Olukoyede had organized a press convention the place he disclosed that Bello withdrew $720,000 from a authorities account to pay his youngster’s faculty charges.
He additionally claimed that the previous governor informed the EFCC to return over to his village and interrogate him.
The EFCC Chairman additional vowed to resign if he fails to arrest Bello and comply with by the investigation.
However a former Vice President of the ECOWAS Court docket of Justice, Prof. Nwoke Chijioke, disagreed with Olukoyede.
Chijioke mentioned the press convention was a flawed strategy and an unfair trial.
Chijioke mentioned, ‘’The EFCC chairman’s press convention of yesterday was actually uncalled for. That’s an unfair trial. All these challenges are due to what I’d name a media trial.”
Nonetheless, EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, mentioned Olukoyede’s revelations didn’t violate any rule.
A press release by Oyewale mentioned, “There’s nothing the chairman mentioned on Tuesday that was not already within the public area.
“Additionally, now we have filed our processes, and every thing is earlier than the courtroom, so the chairman didn’t say something that isn’t already in public area.
“The chairman himself is a lawyer, and he is aware of his onions. All the things he mentioned was inside his rights because the Chief Government Officer of the EFCC.”
