By Cajetan Mmuta
The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Chief Raph Nwosu, yesterday (Wednesday) tasked the anti-corruption agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), to be impartial, independent, and apolitical in its fight against corruption.
Nwosu, stated this during a press conference on the state of the nation, on behalf of the Allied Political Parties for Good Governance, held in Awka, the Anambra state capital.
He said there was an urgent need for President Buhari to call the leadership of the anti-graft agency to order.
Nwosu also harped on the importance for the commission to resist the temptation of being used as a tool in the hands of politicians in order not to erode its credibility, diminish democratic practice and legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The group spoke against the backdrop of an allegation of misappropriation of salary account by the EFCC against the Kogi State Government.
It would be recalled that a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State had frozen the Kogi state government’s salary bailout account domiciled in a commercial bank over an alleged N20 billion loan obtained from it.
The account was frozen by the court following an ex parte application brought by the EFCC, pending the conclusion of the investigation or possible prosecution.
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The ADC National chairman said, “Last week, the biggest topic in the news was the face-off between the Government of Kogi State and the EFCC. With the evidence and piles of documents presented by the Kogi State Government and the bank in this instance, it shows that the EFCC is chasing an agenda.”
“Corruption investigation must be ethical. I urge the EFCC to focus on its job, stay away from politics and politicians, intensify efforts at ridding the country of corruption and work for the good of everybody.”
He added that “The commission should carry out investigations without any prejudice on one side or the other, follow the evidence, and take action where it is justified.”
