Indications emerged on Friday revealing that the American International School, Abuja have begun refunding the $760,000 school fees paid by Kogi State immediate past Governor, Yahaya Bello for his children.
The School had earlier written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC asking for an authentic account into which the money would be paid.
Recall that the EFCC had accused the Governor of taking the money out of the state government’s account to settle the fees for five of his children in advance.
The embattled former Governor is standing trial for allegedly misappropriating over 80 billion naira belonging to the State Government in the last eight years.
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The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale had also revealed that the anti-graft agency has submitted a recovery account to the school, adding that the school has made some payments into the account.
Oyewale however, could not say exactly how much has been refunded, noting that “ the money is not being paid to the EFCC, but into a federal government recovery account and only the operators of the account can say how much has been paid so far.
Bello is being prosecuted alongside Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman and Abdulsalam Hudu on 19-count charges bordering on money laundering to the tune of Eight Billion, Two Hundred and Forty-six Million, Four Hundred and Seventy thousand,
The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede has vowed to ensure that the former Kogi Governor is prosecuted for money laundering offences and other crimes committed while in office.
(Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie)
