Thousands of Nigerians on social
media have backed the call for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, to investigate Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress, APC.
The petition urging the EFCC to
commence the investigation of Tinubu has recorded 10,000 signatures within 24
hours.
The petition is calling for
Tinubu’s investigation for contravening the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act
of 2011, by having bullion vans ferry alleged large sums of money into his
house on the eve of the 2019 Presidential election.
It will be recalled that on the
eve of the 2019 Presidential elections, drone imagery showed bullion vans
ferrying suspected monies into the former Lagos Governor’s Bourdilon residence.
And speaking in an interview on
Channel Television, Tinubu, a former Senator, was asked “if the bullion vans
ferried money or ballots”, the APC National Leader replied “Is it my money or
government money? I don’t work for the government, even if I have money to
spend in my premises, what’s your headache?”
However, Reno Omokri quoted the
Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 (and the amendment to the Act in 2012)
as prohibiting any individual to accept or make any cash payment that exceeds
₦5 million.
According to him, “Yet, 18 months
after this incident, Mr. Tinubu has not been investigated by the EFCC, which
has tried others for lesser malfeasances.”
In a statement on
Friday, Omokri said that “By the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Establishment
act (2004), the law mandates the EFCC to combat financial and economic crimes.
“The Commission is empowered to
prevent, investigate, prosecute and penalise economic and financial crimes and
is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of other laws
and regulations relating to economic and financial crimes.”
Recall that Chief Mike Ozekhome,
a frontline human rights lawyer, had made a similar call, insisting that
Nigerians have the right to demand that the EFCC, investigate the bullion vans
sighted in his residence during the last Presidential election.
He had asked the anti-graft
agency to act in accordance with the law and investigate the petition written
by activists on the bullion vans sighted at Tinubu’s residence.
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