The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, should be relieved of his job as he has demonstrated lack of capacity to hold the post.
The Campaign for Democracy, CD, made this declaration on Thursday in a statement issued by its president, Comrade Ifeanyi Odili.
The Campaign for Democracy said that “it was unimaginable that a former governor (of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello) who the same EFCC had placed on watchlist, who the commission enlisted security agencies in Nigeria and Interpol to help fish out, walked into the EFCC premises, waited for about three hours and no arrest or interrogation happened.”
The organization said, “Instead, they told him to go, that they would get back to him only to issue a laughable statement that he was still a wanted man.”
The organization said the excuse by the EFCC that they could not arrest him because a sitting governor accompanied him to their office was the main reason Olukoyede should be asked to go.
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“Many people had castigated this man for long even though many others believed the case was mainly that of persecution. In all of this, CD did not dabble into the matter. Now that the matter has taken a dramatic turn, one that touches on democratic principles and affects the country’s image, it is pertinent for well-meaning Nigerians to lend their voice.
“Associates of the former governor had been raising the alarm that his life is at risk. With the events of yesterday (Wednesday 18th September, 2024), any right thinking person would conclude that his life must be truly at risk.
“You said you couldn’t arrest him or interrogate him in your office because his governor was there, yet you went, at night, to the official residence of the same governor in Abuja to start firing gunshots as if Nigeria is a lawless society. This is unacceptable,” the organization said.
It argued that in saner climes, the EFCC boss would have been fired consequent upon the development.
The organization asserted: “The man, Yahaya Bello, has fulfilled all righteousness. With the turn of events that culminated in a show of shame last night, it appears the EFCC has an ulterior motive definitely different from the fight against corruption.”
