The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) “should be held accountable if anything untoward happens” to immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.

This is according to Bello’s Media Office. “We want to place it on record that the EFCC should be held accountable if anything untoward happens to him,” it said in a statement issued late Wednesday night and signed by the Director, Media, Ohiare Michael.

The statement followed last night’s operation by EFCC at the Kogi Government Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, in an attempt to forcefully arrest Yahaya Bello, during which the commission’s operatives shot sporadically.

It was reported earlier that the former Governor went to the EFCC Office voluntarily on Wednesday morning “but the Commission told him to leave and come at a later date, only to mount a gestapo-like attack on the Kogi State Government facility in Asokoro,” the statement said.

It added: “Tonight’s attack was needless as the former Governor made himself available to the EFCC in their office for interrogation. The EFCC had no question to ask Alh. Yahaya Bello in the morning, but suddenly, they are out to arrest him.

“This action is condemnable. They have displayed the very reason many Nigerians believe they were fighting political battles instead of the mandate to fight corruption. This action reflects much more than the fight against corruption.”