The Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC,
yesterday again came hard on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, over what it called endless persecution of former President Goodluck
Jonathan’s family.
It asked the commission to allow
the late Mama charity Oba, mother of Dame Patience Jonathan to rest in peace.
The OYC said the “obvious
persecution” of the Jonathans had been pushed too far to the detriment of poor
Nigerians who were deriving succour from their goodwill.
In a press statement signed by Dr
Arthur Obiora, its National Deputy President, he wondered why the EFCC had for
the past two years centred “its much dramatized anti-graft war only on the
Jonathans and their allies.”
He specifically came hard on the
EFCC for freezing the account of Aruera Foundation, known for offering medical
assistance to poor Nigerians with heart-related ailment.
Ohanaeze Youth Council while
commending the Foundation “for giving succour to helpless Nigerians, especially
children with heart problems”, expressed sadness that “the Foundation suffered
a set-back because of on-going investigation of Dame Patience Jonathan by the
EFCC, since 2016.
“We are not against
anti-corruption fight; we give total support to President Buhari’s anti
corruption stance.
“However, we are concerned about
the victims of this clampdown on the Foundation, especially children who their
medical treatment have been aborted because of the freezing of the account of
the NGO.”
He added that “As many Nigerians
are yearning for good health facilities, we should not take politics too far.
“We urge the EFCC to unfreeze the
account of Aruera Foundation so that the people involved in the overseas
medical trip will continue treatment.
”As we have always advocated,
the anti-corruption war should not start and end with Jonathan’s family. This
obvious bias is corruption in itself”, the group added.
Speaking in the same vein, the
World Igbo Youth Council faulted the EFCC, noting that “the ARUERA REACH OUT
FOUNDATION was formed by Patience Jonathan in 2006 as her pet project as the
wife of then Governor of Bayelsa State.”
In the statement signed by Dr.
Festus Uwajiofor, WIYC Deputy National Secretary General, he said “EFCC should
stop media trials on the pages of newspapers but use the opportunity to answer
the summon from Senate and House of representatives committees on Public
petitions
“The board of Directors are prominent Leaders in Nigeria, including former
Governors and traditional rulers.
“World igbo Youth council is
advising EFCC to allow Mama Charity Oba to rest in peace; she was a business
mogul with chains of business for more than 30years.
“Magel resort Limited is one of
the chains of businesses owned by Late Mama charity Oba, late mother of
Patience Jonathan and for clarification, it’s only when she died that patience
Jonathan entered in the picture and change the signature of the late mother.
“So, EFCC should take all the
evidence against her to committee on public petitions in Senate and House of
representatives respectively.”
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