Former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume
has charged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to thoroughly
deal with the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
He accused the anti-graft
commission of treating the DSP with kid gloves.
The Nation quoted Ndume as
stating that interrogation by EFCC for suspected crime or anything is nothing
new but that it appeared Ekweremadu was being pampered.
He said: “He said: “I find very
strange and not happy with the way EFCC is handling the investigation of the
Deputy Senate President, particularly and, by extension, even the way the
Inspector General of Police is handling the case of Saraki.
“Everybody is equal before the
law and that is what it should be. EFCC invited him, he was known to be sick
and he went to a hospital not under the custody of EFCC.
“Ekweremadu should have gone to
EFCC hospital because they will even give him better treatment than whichever
hospital he has gone to. Now people like me are beginning to suspect that the
EFCC is giving him soft landing.
“EFCC is treating some people
preferentially and that is wrong. I don’t think the EFCC chairman, Ibrahim
Magu, is doing the right thing by doing that. They should be treated equally,
not even Ekweremadu, Ali Ndume or even Buhari.
“Once anybody has issues with the
law, they should be treated like every other person.
“Several ministers that are
related with anything to do with money laundering or any financial crime, like
the former Governor of Plateau, were invited, arrested and detained by EFCC.
“Senator Peter Nwaoboshi was
arrested by EFCC; he is also a senator, detained and released later. He had
issues that are medical.
“So I begin to wonder whether
Magu is trying to compromise or change his style and I want to say that if he
is doing his job, he should do it regardless of whoever is involved as long as
there is an established case against an individual, he should be treated as any
other person.
“I am not saying that he should
not be allowed to go to the hospital but he should go to the hospital under the
care of EFCC.”
“I, as a senator was accused one
time and I was detained for 30 days and when I sought for medical attention, I
got it from the DSS. Judges houses have been raided and they were taken to
custody and they were released on bail.
“David Mark was invited by EFCC
and his passport was seized by EFCC. Stella Oduah was invited by EFCC and her
passport was seized and she was allowed out on bail based on self recognisance.
“They invited Ekweremadu and as
they were interrogating him, he said he was not feeling well and they said he
should go to hospital and come back.
“That I find very strange. I am
not saying he should not be accorded the respect of getting medical attention
but if I go into EFCC, I can as well say I am sick and go.
Tomorrow when I come, I can say
my blood pressure has gone up again, another day I can say I have headache or
fever. If that is the way they will handle their investigation, then I begin to
get worried,” he said.
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