In order to receive a reimbursement of the fees paid for the children of Yahaya Bello, the immediate former governor of Kogi state, the American International School of Abuja has requested that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission furnish “authentic banking data.”
Bello is accused of using funds from the Kogi State Government to pay $720,000 in advance for the education of five of his children.
The kids attend the school and are enrolled in Grades 2 through 8.
In an effort to apprehend Bello regarding an alleged N80.2 billion scam, EFCC agents besieged his Abuja home on April 17.
Usman Ododo, the governor of Kogi, reportedly arrived at the residence while the operatives were there and snatched Bello out.
The school stated in a letter to the EFCC’s Lagos Zonal Commander that $845,852 in tuition has been paid “since the 7th of September 2021 to date.”
AISA stated that since it had already subtracted educational services already provided, the amount to be reimbursed is $760,910.
“As part of your investigation into the alleged money laundering activities by the Bello family, please forward to us an official written request, with the authentic banking details of the EFCC, for the refund of the above-mentioned funds as previously indicated,” the letter requests.
The statement said, “Tuition and other fees totaling $845,852.84 have been deposited into our bank account since September 7, 2021.
“After subtracting the cost of the educational services provided, we have determined that $760,910.84 is the net amount that should be remitted and reimbursed to the State.
“Until the students graduate from ASIA, no additional tuition fees are anticipated as the students’ fees have already been paid in full.”
If the Bello family made any additional deposits, the school threatened to notify the anti-graft agency.
“Ali Bello contacted the school on Friday, August 13, 2021, requesting to pay the family school fees in advance until the students graduate from High School,” AISA added in a statement bearing Greg Hughes’ signature.
Before leaving office, the former governor sent $720,000 from the government coffers to a bureau de change in order to pay for his child’s school fees in advance, according to information previously disclosed by Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the EFCC.
In a conversation with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, Olukoyede disclosed this.
In preparation of his impending departure from Government House, he stated, “A sitting governor, knowing he is going, moved money directly from government to bureau de change and used it to pay the child’s school fee in advance, $720,000 in advance.”
“You want me to ignore that in a poor state like Kogi, using the excuse that ‘I’m being used.'” Who is using me at this point in my life?
