Kogi N20bn: Political Parties Claims EFCC Is Being Political

• 25 political parties have berated the Economic Financial Crimes Commission over alleged N20bn Kogi State Salary bail-out account purportedly frozen by the court

The group accused the EFCC of allegedly politicizing its anti-graft war and allowing them to be used as a tool to intimidate politicians within and outside the ruling All Progressives Congress.

EkohotBlog reports that Allied Political Parties for Good Governance and Building Nigeria Legacy on Wednesday in Awka, Anambra State, the National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, Chief Okey Nwosu, urged the President, Muhammadu Buhari to caution the leadership of the agency, noting that the agency is becoming a tool of oppression.

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Nwosu disclosed that “EFCC and other agencies of government must learn to focus on their jobs and stay away from politicians; extricate themselves from politics and begin to function as preventive organizations.

“Mr. President and the Presidency should be concerned with the history Buhari leaves as he finishes his tenure.”

Nwosu also added that the EFCC is pursuing an agenda by targeting its perceived enemies with media trials.

His statements read further “With the evidence and piles of documents presented by the state government and Sterling Bank in this instance, it shows that the EFCC is chasing an agenda. Otherwise, why the media trial if not to tarnish the image of perceived enemies with unverified cases? While commending the state government on its “transparent” rebuttal, Nwosu said, “Matters involving a commercial bank and a state government can be effectively investigated if the purpose is noble without such public exacerbation and politicking. If not for their prompt response, and opening its door instantly, the government of Kogi State will have been rubbished which I believe was the intention.”