{"id":2943,"date":"2024-10-23T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T12:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2024-10-23T12:30:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T12:30:45","slug":"efcc-arrests-fmr-kogi-gov-yahaya-bello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/10\/23\/efcc-arrests-fmr-kogi-gov-yahaya-bello\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, EFCC arrests fmr Kogi gov, Yahaya Bello\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2944\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/download-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"172\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bello<\/p>\n<p>By Amah<\/p>\n<p>Kindly share:<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State, who has been on the run for months, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at last.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Reports reaching PanoramaNews, which\u00a0 confirmed by EFCC sources confirmed, said\u00a0 Bello was taken into custody, after a midnight sting operation in Lokoja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, there are also claims that Bello voluntarily surrendered himself to the anti-graft agency.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to an EFCC source:\u00a0 &#8220;Bello was reportedly tracked and arrested at midnight. 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