Samuel Ortom, the ex-governor of Benue State, has recommended to Yahaya Bello, the current governor of Kogi State, that he should comply with the invitation from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Ortom advised Bello not to embarrass other governors and to emerge from his undisclosed location.
Bello has declined to attend the invitation from the anti-graft agency. During a thanksgiving service held by his former appointees to celebrate his 63rd birthday at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Regional Headquarters in Makurdi on Sunday, Ortom emphasized that the EFCC staff are just individuals carrying out their duties.
According to him, “Let me use this opportunity to advise my younger brother and friend, former governor Yahaya Bello, not to disgrace former governors.
“If you are called to come and account for your stewardship by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, go there. You do not need to hide from EFCC; you do not need to resist arrest or anything. Go there and explain. EFCC are human beings who are doing their work.
“If they are making inquiries, the laws are there. I have tried to get him on the phone, I could not, I tried those around him, but I could not. I want him to note, wherever he is, if he can hear me from there, he should go before the EFCC.”
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