Activist and politician, Omoyele Sowore, has fired back at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the seized properties in the nation’s capital.
The anti-graft agency and Sowore have been at loggerheads
following the identity of the forfeited 753 duplexes in the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Recall that the commission, on Monday, revealed that it
secured the final forfeiture of the duplexes and other apartments on Plot 109,
Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, through the FCT High Court.
The commission, however, failed to reveal the identity of
the property’s owner, referring only to a “Top Brass” and a former government
official.
This angered some concerned citizens, especially Sowore, who
accused the agency of doing Public Relations (PR) for thieves.
But the EFCC, in its response, faulted Sowore’s claim,
explaining that it would be unprofessional to mention the names of individuals
whose identities were not directly linked to any title document of the
properties.
It stated that the denigration of the commission’s efforts
by Sowore and his “think-same and act-same” group, “is unacceptable and grossly
uncharitable.”
Reacting, Sowore, in a statement on Wednesday, described the
EFCC’s attacks on him as “most reckless and irresponsible.”
According to Sowore, instead of doing what was necessary,
the EFCC “came after me for daring to ask them to name the top brass. Here is
my response to the attached documents.”
“Yesterday, Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), attacked me for asking them to name the
Nigerian Top Brass publicly that they claimed was involved in their
biggest-ever asset recovery case. Instead of naming the culprit, they chose to
attack my person for asking that this pertinent question be answered,
especially considering that they don’t hesitate to ask small-time thieves to
display their names and offenses on placards and engage in photoshoots at the
commission’s photo studios.
“Instead of doing what was necessary, they came after me for
daring to ask them to name the top brass. Here is my response to the attached
documents.
“This is the most reckless and irresponsible statement I’ve
read from a government agency in a long while. The assertions here are also
patently irresponsible.
“I have obtained court proceedings and an affidavit sworn to
by an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission investigator, who named the
names of those behind this real estate fraud.”
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