Nigerian human rights advocate Omoyele Sowore has demanded that the American International School in Abuja face prosecution for its alleged complicity in a money laundering scheme involving former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello and his former Chief of Staff, Ali Bello.
Sowore, in his insistence on justice, argues that the school must be held accountable for its role in the illegal financial transactions carried out by the former governor and his aides.
He took to his X handle, to express his outrage over laundered money, nearly one million dollars which Yayah Bello laundered through the American International School in Abuja. Sowore claimed that the two men disguised the money laundering scheme as “future school fees” payments for their children.
Sowore further demanded that the school disclose all payments made by Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) to expose potential financial misconduct.
His words: “The American International School @AISAbuja , where fugitive former Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello @OfficialGYBKogi and his former Chief of Staff, Ali Bello, laundered close to $ 1 million in the name of paying “future school fees” of their wards should be charged and prosecuted for money laundering instead of being allowed to refund the money.
“This is the way the American justice system treats such cases on US soil, the @officialEFCC must also ensure the school discloses all such school fees paid by Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs).
“I am sure there are a lot of discoveries that would be uncovered such that the school could be converted to a public school instead of its criminal connivance with financial criminals fleecing the Nigerian public across board, these must necessary apply to these ultra-expensive private schools in Nigeria.”
