The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have left the home of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Abuja over alleged N84 billion fraud.

The EFCC operatives, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, mounted surveillance around Bello’s house in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, apparently to arrest the former governor.

The anti-graft agency had, on March 14, dragged Bello before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in the Maitama area of Abuja for alleged N84 billion money laundering offences.

The former governor was charged alongside his nephew, Ali Bello; and Dauda Sulaiman and Abdulsalam Hudu.

However, the EFCC operatives retreated from Bello’s house shortly after incumbent Governor Usman Ododo arrived at his predecessor’s residence and left with the former governor.

An EFCC official was heard saying Bello was inside Ododo’s car that departed.

It was further gathered that the EFCC operatives withdrew over a court order which restrained the commission from arresting, detaining, or prosecuting Bello.