A female police officer who was the aide-de-camp to embattled former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has been detained by the Nigeria Police Force.
She was reportedly arrested alongside other police officers attached to former Kogi helmsman, and is being held at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Their arrests and detention was sequel to an order by the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, directing their immediate withdrawal from the former governor.
Based on a report from PUNCH, Senior law enforcement insiders, speaking anonymously due to lacking authorization to publicly discuss the issue, indicated that the officers were apprehended on suspicion of assisting and facilitating Bello’s evasion from officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, who were attempting to apprehend him at his residence in Abuja on Wednesday.
“The ADC and the other police details attached to Yahaya Bello have been arrested and detained.
“They were arrested on the order of the IG, on the suspicion that they aided and abetted the former governor’s escape from the EFCC on Wednesday,” one of the sources told our correspondent in a telephone conversation on Friday.
Another source said, “Yahaya Bello’s female ADC and other police officers attached to him were brought to the command this morning, and they’ve been detained for aiding and abetting (the governor’s escape).”
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