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Headline : Rush To Arrest Yahaya Bello Suggests Political Persecution – CSOs

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Activists under the aegis of Anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have said the rush by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC’s) rush arrest former Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, when the Court of Appeal hearing on its application to vacate the restraining order was just in a few days, may give credence to allegations of political persecution.

They advised the commission not to desecrate the courts under the guise of carrying out its constitutional role of fighting corruption.

The CSOs and human rights crusaders cautioned the EFCC and other anti-graft agencies against trampling on the rights of supposed suspects of corruption in order to avoid breaking a law to enforce another law.

The activists, who spoke at an emergency press briefing in Lagos yesterday, noted specifically that the recent public face-off between the EFCC and Yahaya Bello in Abuja was „both unnecessary and unfortunate.“

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