By Thompson Yamput
The Ebiraland Youths Coalition on Sunday, urged the Federal Government to ensure that nothing happened to the immediate past governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.
The Coalition Coordinator, Mr Fache Onimisi-Moses, made the call in a statement in Lokoja.
Bello is being accused of alleged N80 billion money laundering and had been having running battles with the EFCC on his arraignment in Courts, giving contrasting orders on the matter.
But the coalition alleged that some people in high places were conniving and working tirelessly, not only to put the former governor’s life in harm’s way but also to ridicule the entire people of Ebira land.
The youths condemned in strong terms, the recent withdrawal of the security guards giving cover to the former governor by the authorities.
“The simultaneous actions of the Directorate of State Security (DSS) and Nigeria Police Force to withdraw the security guards of the former governor, not minding the subsisting court order restraining EFCC from arresting him, should be reviewed.
“The actions of the police and DSS have now made the former governor vulnerable.
“We urge President Bola Tinubu to stop the unwarranted harassment of Bello by EFCC which itself is a creation of the law.
“If the commission felt dissatisfied with the restraining order given to the former governor by the state High Court, it can use all available legal means available to it to vacate the order.
“We equally advise the youths of the other ethnic groups in the state to be mindful of how they use the social media to malign Bello and his ethnic group
“This is because their actions are capable of truncating the peace currently enjoyed in Kogi, ” it stated. NAN
