The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has issued a warrant for the arrest of Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi, over alleged financial misdeeds amounting to N80.2 billion.

The Nigerian anti-corruption body has appealed to the public to provide any information on Bello’s current location either to them or to the nearest police station. The announcement was made through a post on the EFCC's Facebook page titled ‘Ex-Gov Yahaya Bello Wanted By the EFCC’.

This development comes as the latest episode in the ongoing conflict between Bello and the agency. Earlier in the day, Bello was notably absent from a Federal High Court session in Abuja, prompting Judge Emeka Nwite to postpone the case and call for an alternative method of serving Bello to facilitate his forthcoming trial on charges of money laundering.