Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) has said that the commission will go to all length to drag the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello before the court to face his trial, even, if it means engaging the military to get him.
“We may have to invite the military to move Yahaya Bello out of where he is hiding.
“We may have to engage the military to force him out because immunity does not cover him where he is hiding.
“No one is above the law. Immunity covers only the governor and not everyone around him.”
The lawyer spoke today, April 18, during a proceeding in court where Yahaya Bello was supposed to be arraigned but the planned arraignment could not take place due to his absence.
The EFCC and former Kogi State Governor have been playing hide and seek game in the last few weeks.
Meanwhile, Yahaya Bello has accused the EFCC of trying to do the biddings of his political adversaries thereby trampling on the law itself.
