The {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC) has stated that former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, remained harmless of fraud allegations till confirmed responsible by a reliable courtroom of regulation.
The Fee confused that Bello’s trial was nonetheless ongoing and that it was solely the duty of the courtroom, not the EFCC, to find out his guilt or innocence.
Talking on Monday whereas showing on Come up Information breakfast present! ‘The Morning Present’, the EFCC Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwuajeren, defined that prison prosecution in Nigeria takes time, because it entails the presentation of witnesses and proof earlier than the courtroom.
Uwuajeren stated the EFCC is presently prosecuting the case by presenting witnesses and proof, noting that the ultimate final result rests solely with the courtroom.
He additional famous that underneath the Nigerian Structure, any particular person standing trial is presumed harmless till confirmed responsible, including that Bello’s standing or remedy inside his political social gathering has no bearing on the costs filed towards him.
In accordance with him, the EFCC has little interest in social gathering politics and stays centered on diligently prosecuting the case earlier than the courtroom.
He reaffirmed the Fee’s dedication to making sure justice for each the prosecution and the defence, stressing that nothing has gone amiss within the dealing with of the matter.
“One factor we have to perceive is how prison prosecution works in Nigeria. It takes a while earlier than you show a few of these points in courtroom. As I communicate to you, the trial continues to be ongoing earlier than the courts,” Uwuajeren stated.
“We’re presenting witnesses, now we have introduced proof. It’s not the fee that’s going to determine the matter; it’s the courtroom that can determine the matter. All we have to do is to comply with the prosecution because it is occurring in courtroom and be certain that, on the finish of the day, each the prosecution and the defence get justice,” he added.
Uwuajeren continued, “Yahaya Bello, as we communicate, is underneath trial, however the Structure presumes that anybody underneath trial is harmless till confirmed responsible. So no matter is occurring to him inside his social gathering is only social gathering affairs. It has nothing to do with the EFCC or the costs now we have filed earlier than the courtroom.”
“So the duty we owe Nigerians is to be trustworthy to the costs now we have filed and to prosecute them diligently. Nothing has occurred, nothing has gone amiss, and we stay dedicated to doing that,” he stated.
He concluded that, “Regardless of the social gathering does to Yahaya Bello is the social gathering’s enterprise. EFCC will not be a political social gathering. We aren’t excited about politics. We’re a regulation enforcement company, and we’re imposing the regulation.”
