Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is not being used by the APC-led Federal Government to witch-hunt opposition politicians.
Olumide-Fusika made this statement on Thursday, while answering questions on Arise Television, insisting that the agency’s focus is on fighting corruption irrespective of political affiliation.
According to him, the targeting is of corruption, stressing that it doesn’t matter who the person is, whether in the ADC or in the APC or whatever.
“In Nigeria, there has been a lot of clamour for the EFCC to pursue what are called real financial crimes instead of focusing on love scams perpetrated by the infamous ‘Yahoo boys.’ For the institution to go after the likes of Waziri Tambuwal, they must have something. I don’t see this as targeting the ADC; the EFCC has also prosecuted members of the ruling party.
“After all, we are used to our powerful people telling us, ‘go to court.’ If you are picked up, you will take your day in court. If you are being witch-hunted, the evidence will show in court that you really didn’t commit this offence. The judges are not targeting you,” he said.
EFCC targeting corruption, not opposition – Olumide-Fusika
