EFCC: Yahaya Bello’s Political Moves Won’t Influence Outcome of Fraud Trial
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed claims that the renewed political activities of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, could affect the outcome or pace of his ongoing fraud trials.
Speaking on Monday during the Arise News breakfast programme, the commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren, said Bello’s involvement in activities of the All Progressives Congress (APC), including his reported senatorial ambition, has no bearing on cases already before the courts.
Uwujaren stressed that the EFCC remains focused on the judicial process, noting that criminal trials are determined strictly by evidence presented and the decisions of the courts, not by political alignments or ambitions.
According to him, once a matter is before a competent court, neither political influence nor public pressure can derail the legal process, adding that the commission would continue to pursue all cases in line with the law.
The EFCC spokesman further assured Nigerians that the anti-graft agency would not be distracted by political developments, insisting that justice would take its full course.
