There is a shorthand expression to name or describe a fraudulent deal in Nigeria and it’s simply to call it 419. This refers to a section of the Nigerian Criminal Code that deals with a specimen of financial crime that became prominent from the 1990s.
Yet in the unfolding saga between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, an aspect of the 19-count, N80.2 billion charge against him, namely, the part having to do with the payment of his children’s school fees to the American International School in Abuja, AISA, has the aroma of an advance fee fraud.
The moment someone gets caught or is about to get caught in the net, then would their defenders turn out in their hundreds through paid publicists and a motley group of supporters out to campaign for ‘’due process’’ in the prosecution of the accused who may be their favoured politician or public servant.
All of this underlines the need for the EFCC to approach the Bello case with caution and care while diligently building its case. The man at the centre of the saga had a head start, he was ahead of the EFCC and had anticipated the steps the body is now taking. He preceded them to the courts to obtain, rather dubiously, restraining orders from courts in Kogi State and judges appointed under his watch.
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