Investigations by Pointblanknews.com have revealed that Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, transferred over N8 Billion to an individual named Abdulsalami Hudu, with account number 1010662710 with Zenith Bank in what appears to be money laundering.
The transfers which were from the Kogi State Statutory Revenue Account happened between January and December 2018.
Although the identity of the individual was not revealed in the document in possession of Pointblanknews.com, checks at the Kogi Governor’s office revealed that he is an operator of a Bureau De Change.
On 1/06/18, N350 million was moved from that state account to Hudu’s account in installments of N10 million. On 26/02/18, N400 million was transferred to Hudu in the same installments of N10m. Between 18/01/18 and 28/02/18, Bello instructed to be transferred to Hudu, N450 million in installments of N10 million.
Between 2/03/18 and 15/03/18, N 900 million was transferred to the same account in Zenith, while on 6/04/18 and 26/06/18, N1 Billion was transferred to Hudu’s account with Zenith.
Another curious transfer from the state account was N500 million made to one Comfort Umar on 23/01/18.
On 28/11/18, eleven transfers of N134, 641,00 was made from the Kogi state IGR account to Airtel Network Limited at UBA with the account number, 105503782. The total amount was N1.485 Billion. On 30/11/18, eleven transfers were made from the same IGR account to account number 1020463549 with UBA that belongs to MTN. The same day, N42,735,000 was transferred 13 times to MTN.
On 30/11/18, N10,054,253 was transferred to UBA account number 105503782 that belongs to the National Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC). That transaction was made 12 times to the same account the same day. Total, N132 million.
Governor Bello did not reply to a text message seeking clarifications over the curious payments to Abdulasami Hudu
