The Chief of Staff to Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State, Ali Bello, was on Thursday re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on an amended 17-count fraud charge.
The defendant, who is a nephew of the immediate past governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, was docked before the Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged complicity in the diversion of over N10billion from the state’s treasury.
Bello is facing trial alongside his alleged accomplice, Dauda Sulaiman, while the anti-graft agency told the court that others involved in the alleged fraud and money laundering, including one Abdulsalami Hudu, the Cashier of Kogi State House Administration, are currently at large.
