The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operations are not targeted at members of the opposition, but it is handling cases irrespective of political parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, said this in an exclusive interview with Channels Television, saying the agency\u2019s investigation of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, is not politically-related. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet me tell you about that particular former attorney-general that you are talking about \u2014 there is nothing personal in this matter. If Nigeria is to move forward, all of us must agree that this fight must be fought without being partisan, and that\u2019s what I want Nigerians to understand and to agree with us,\u201d Olukayode said in the interview aired on Sunday Politics. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo now I want to tell Nigerians that the investigation of this man predated me in office, and a lot of people don\u2019t know that. Yes, I edited the investigation file. What I did was to ensure that the investigation was carried out in a very professional and thorough manner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe has been under investigation for almost two and a half years. The file was opened not even under me. I inherited it, and for the past over two years I\u2019ve been in office, we\u2019ve been painstakingly carrying out the investigation, trying to establish some of these offenses and all of that,\u201d the EFCC czar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNot until I was convinced that we had a watertight case \u2014 and Nigerians are witnesses \u2014 so there\u2019s nothing personal about it. I don\u2019t understand the issue of persecution and all of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The EFCC took the immediate past AGF, his wife, and son to court on a 16-count alleged money laundering charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On January 7, Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja granted them bail for \u20a6500 million with two sureties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the judge, the sureties must have landed property in Asokoro, Maitama, and Gwarinpa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Justice Nwite added that they must submit their travel documents to the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before being granted bail, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kebbi State, had accused the commission of witch-hunt and political victimisation in Malami\u2019s case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn other words, as a law enforcement agency, the EFCC must not only enforce the law but must also be seen to enforce the law. But when a law enforcement agency is biased and selective, it presents a serious challenge to the country it is meant to serve,\u201d it alleged.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operations are not targeted at members of the opposition, but it is handling cases irrespective of political parties. EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, said this in an exclusive interview with Channels Television, saying the agency\u2019s investigation of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":48366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t