Human rights activist, Chief Mike
Ozekhome (SAN) has insisted that Nigerians have the right to demand that the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, investigate Bola Tinubu,
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over bullion vans
sighted in his residence during the last Presidential election.
Ozekhome urged the EFCC to act in
accordance with the law and investigate the petition written by activists on
the bullion vans sighted at Tinubu’s residence.
Recall that convener of Concerned
Nigerian, Deji Adeyanju had petitioned the EFCC over two Bullion Vans allegedly
seen entering Tinubu’s residence during the 2019 Presidential election.
But, the Chairman of the
Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay had
said the petition was written in bad faith, insisting that Tinubu was wealthy
before going into politics.
However, Ozekhome while speaking
to Daily Independent said the Act establishing EFCC mandates it to investigate
any person no matter how highly placed in accordance with its motto which says
no one is above the law.
He said: “When a petition is
written against their chieftain, it is written in bad faith; but when it is
written against small-time ‘yahoo boys’, then it is written in good faith.
“What is the job of EFCC under
Section 6 and 7 of the EFCC Act? It is to investigate any person no matter how
highly placed in accordance with its motto ‘No one is above the law’.
“No one is saying Tinubu has done
anything wrong yet, but don’t Nigerians have a right to demand that he be
investigated?
“Why should the investigation be
written off whether it was done in bad faith or good faith? Why can’t the bad
faith be shown in the aftermath of the investigation? There should be no sacred
cows.”
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