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“In a poor state like Kogi, and you want me to close my eyes to that under the guise of ‘I’m being used.’ Being used by who at this stage of my life?” Olukoyede further stated that he personally reached out to Bello, offering him a chance to clarify the situation in a respectful setting within the EFCC office but the ex-governor reportedly declined to cooperate, citing fears of harassment from an unnamed woman.
There’s one lady that has surrounded EFCC with over 100 people to come and embarrass me and intimitade me.” Bello was said to have suggested that the EFCC come to his village rather than conduct an investigation at the agency’s quarters.
He said,“A sitting governor, because he knows he is going, moved money directly from government to bureau de change, used it to pay the child’s school fee in advance, $720,000 in advance, in anticipation that he was going to leave the Government House.
“You know what he said: ‘Thank you, sir, but can’t they come to my village?”Olukoyede added.
He said,“I said if that is the issue, I’m going to pass you through my own gate, and you will come to my floor.
Can you just come let us clarify these issues?’ “He said, ‘Ha!.
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