CD raises alarm over alleged attempt by EFCC to vilify, intimidate Yahaya Bello

The Campaign for Democracy has called connected President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to instantly effect a alteration of enactment astatine the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, saying it has demonstrated deficiency of capableness nether the existent leadership.

CD, a frontline Civil Society Organization successful Nigeria, said it was unimaginable that the erstwhile governor, who the aforesaid EFCC had placed connected watchlist, who the Commission enlisted information agencies successful Nigeria and Interpol to assistance food out, walked into the EFCC premises, waited for astir 3 hours and nary apprehension oregon interrogation happened.

“Instead, they told him to go, that they would get backmost to him lone to contented a laughable connection that helium was inactive a wanted man,” the President, Campaign for Democracy, Comrade Ifeanyi Odili, said successful a connection connected Thursday.

According to him, EFCC’s excuse that they couldn’t apprehension him due to the fact that a sitting politician accompanied him to their bureau is the main crushed Olukoyede should beryllium asked to go.

“Many radical had castigated this antheral for agelong adjacent though galore others believed the lawsuit was chiefly that of persecution. In each of this, CD did not dabble into the matter. Now that the substance has taken a melodramatic turn, 1 that touches connected antiauthoritarian principles and affects the country’s image, it is pertinent for good meaning Nigerians to lend their voice.

“Associates of the erstwhile politician had been raising the alarm that his beingness is astatine risk. With the events of yesterday (Wednesday 18th September, 2024), immoderate close reasoning idiosyncratic would reason that his beingness indispensable beryllium genuinely astatine risk.

“You said you couldn’t apprehension him oregon interrogate him successful your bureau due to the fact that his politician was there, yet you went, astatine night, to the authoritative residence of the aforesaid politician successful Abuja to commencement firing gunshots arsenic if Nigeria is simply a lawless society. This is unacceptable,” helium stated.

The Campaign for Democracy said, successful saner climes, the EFCC brag would person been fired the adjacent morning.

“The man, Yahaya Bello, has fulfilled each righteousness. With the crook of events that culminated successful a amusement of shame past night, it appears the EFCC has an ulterior motive decidedly antithetic from the combat against corruption,” the CSO submitted.