Pressure mounts on EFCC to probe officials of Buhari administration

Pressure is mounting on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe officials who served under former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Calls for the anti-graft commission to take action have been getting louder by the day.

Recently, Popular Human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi appealed publicly to the commission for an extensive audit of financial transactions involving all officials who served under former President Muhammadu Buhari.

This development is coming in the wake of revelations emerging from the trial of ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, who is currently embroiled in a $6.2 million fraud case related to the last presidential poll.

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Olajengbesi commended the EFCC for exposing the alleged forgery of Buhari’s signature and that of ex-Secretary General of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, in connection with the case. The human rights lawyer emphasized the need to curb the audacity of those in power and address their criminal influence.

He urged the EFCC not to limit its investigations to Emefiele but to extend it to all principal actors who served under the Buhari administration.

Olajengbesi stressed the importance of establishing deterrents for such behaviour and called for a thorough audit to ensure transparency and accountability.

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His words: “The EFCC must not stop at just the former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele but should carry out an entire audit of principal actors who served under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. There should be a deterrent for bad behaviour.

“Again, the case of the suspended Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency, Ahmad Salihijo, over alleged N1.2bn fraud is fresh and a pointer to the gross abuse of power by those who served under Buhari.

“Emefiele and all those who served under the Buhari administration should be properly audited and given a chance to clear their names as the corruption that manifested under that government is gargantuan.”