The Nigeria Police Force has detained a female police officer who served as aide-de-camp to former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello. The arrest occurred alongside other police officers attached to the 48-year-old politician.
The officers are currently being held at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Abuja. Their arrests stem from an order issued by Inspector General of Police Olukayode Egbetokun on Thursday night, directing their immediate withdrawal from Bello’s service.
Sources within the police force, speaking on condition of anonymity, indicated that the officers were apprehended on suspicion of aiding and abetting Bello’s escape from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives. The EFCC had attempted to arrest Bello at his Abuja residence on Wednesday.
“The ADC and other police officers attached to Yahaya Bello have been arrested and detained,” one source confirmed. “They were apprehended on suspicion of assisting the former governor’s escape from the EFCC.”
Another source stated, “Yahaya Bello’s female ADC and other police officers were brought to the command this morning and detained for aiding and abetting his escape.”
Egbetokun’s order for the withdrawal of all police officers attached to Bello was communicated via a police wireless message on Friday morning. CONTINUE READING
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