Rivers State Government has
reiterated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has no
power to investigate the financial transactions of the state.
According to Paulinus Nsirim,
Commissioner for Information and Communications, Rivers State, who spoke to
pressmen on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, EFCC can only investigate the
government if it vacates the Federal High Court judgment that said it cannot
investigate the financial transactions of the government.
“Magu cannot claim that that
judgement cannot stand, except he wants Nigerians to believe that he has
started issuing instructions to the Supreme Court.
“It is unfortunate that in a
democracy someone holding a public office would want to muzzle the Court, “the
commissioner said.
On the allegation that Rivers
State is the second capital of money laundering in Nigeria after Lagos, the
Information boss wondered how the EFCC arrived at that conclusion.
“To justify this allegation, the
EFCC should make public the names of people they have arrested and prosecuted
in Rivers State over money laundering. If this is not done, Magu’s statement
would just be seen as mere playing to the gallery to enjoy cheap publicity”, he
said.
He stated that the Rivers State
Government was ready to support EFCC to fight corruption within the ambit of
the law, but would reject any attempt to subvert the rule of law in the state.
“The EFCC should desist from self
help and unnecessary political propaganda, as it will yield no results, ” he
stated.
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