Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

PRESS STATEMENT: EFCC's Mandate Tackles Corruption, not Opposition Politicians

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is aware of the frenzy of accusations by some political actors across the country, questioning its operation. Claims of " Weaponisation of the EFCC", " Erosion of EFCC's Independence", " Persecution of opposition politicians", " "Politicisation of EFCC's operations" and other assumptions contained in a recent media statement by some politicians, are deliberate misrepresentation of the Commission’s task in bringing suspects of economic and financial crimes to book. First, the Commission's weapon is its Establishment Act which provides the grou…