Posted 1/27/2024, 8:13:33 PM
Ododo Appoints Former SSG Ayoade and Embattled Bello Nephew to Key Positions
- Governor Ododo appointed Dr. Folashade Ayoade as Secretary to the State Government, who was SSG for 8 years under former Governor Yahaya Bello
- Ododo named Ali Bello, Yahaya Bello's nephew, as Chief of Staff
- Ali Bello is being prosecuted by EFCC on 18 counts of money laundering and misappropriation of N3 billion
- Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman, and Abdulsalami Hudu allegedly withdrew over N10 billion from Kogi State treasury and delivered it to a bureau de change operator
- The defendants are accused of aiding the retention of billions of naira that reasonably ought to have been known to be proceeds of unlawful misappropriation from the Kogi State treasury