Police Arrest Yahaya Bello's ADC

Police arrest Yahaya Bello's ADC and police personnel for helping the former governor evade the EFCC's arrest.

The controversial former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has a female aide-de-camp who has been imprisoned by the Nigeria Police Force.

The ADC is being held in the State Criminal Investigation Department, or SCID, in Abuja after being taken into custody alongside other police officers affiliated with the previous governor.

The Inspector General of Police, or IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, issued an order in the late hours of Thursday, April 18, mandating their immediate departure from the former governor, which led to their arrest and imprisonment.

Senior law enforcement officials, who requested anonymity, stated that the officers were detained on the grounds that they may have helped Bello elude arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) agents who had gone to his residence in Abuja on Wednesday, April 17.

“The ADC and the other police details attached to Yahaya Bello have been arrested and detained.

“They were arrested on the order of the IG, on the suspicion that they aided and abetted the former governor's escape from the EFCC on Wednesday,” one of the sources said on Friday.

All of Bello's police personnel were to be  withdraw, according to an order given by Egbetokun on Thursday night.

A document that stated the order for the withdrawal said, “CB:4001/DOPS/PMF/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.48/ 34 X ORDER AND DIRECTIVES X FOLLOWING MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM NIGPOL.

“DOPS ABUJA X BEGINS X CB:4001/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.21/462 DTO:180955/04/2024 X ORDER AND DIRECTIVES X REF MYLET NO CB:3412/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.1/36 DATED 15/04/2024 Χ ΑND MY EARLIER LET NO CB:3412/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.1/30 DATED 24/01/2024 X Nigeria police have ordered the withdrawal of all men.

“Police attached to His Excellency and former Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, should acknowledge compliance and treat with utmost importance. Please above for your information and strict compliance.”

Additionally, Bello was added on a watch list by the federal government that same Thursday night.

According to the Nigeria Immigration Service's Comptroller General, Bello was put on a watchlist for money laundering, conspiracy, and breach of trust.