Dozens of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials, on Wednesday, cordoned off the street where the Abuja residence of a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is.
Our correspondent, who visited Benghazi Street in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, reports that the stern-looking operatives of the anti-graft agency did not allow movement in and out of the street.
Daily Trust could not immediately ascertain their presence on the street but a highly-placed official of the EFCC confided in our correspondent that the operation was being carried out to arrest the former governor.
When asked further why the operatives wanted to arrest the former governor, the official, who didn’t want to be quoted moved away from our correspondent.
It was learnt that the operatives’ presence was not unconnected with the N84 billion fraud case against Yahaya which the anti-graft agency is currently prosecuting.
Attempts to reach out to the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, proved futile as calls to his mobile phone were not answered.
He is yet to reply a text message sent to him as at when filing this report.
