The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission has said that it will obey court orders in the
ongoing prosecution of corrupt public office holders.
The Chairman
of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, told journalists on Tuesday in Abuja that the
EFCC had no reason to disobey court orders.
Magu said
the campaign against corruption was not about him or the EFCC but the
collective desire of Nigerians to move the country forward.
He said, “We
have never had any reason to disobey any court order and we will not disobey
court orders. It is not about me, it is about the desire to move this country
forward.”
Magu spoke
amidst complaints in some quarters that the commission was committing acts of
rights’ violation against detained suspects.
A Lagos
based-lawyer, Mr. Ebunolu Adegboruwa, had accused the commission of violating
the rights of the spokesperson of the People’s Democratic Party, Chief Olisah
Metuh, in a suit he filed against the commission.
Also, an
Austrian who has been detained at the headquarters of the commission, Mr.
Wolfgang Reinl, also complained of rights abuse against the commission in a
letter written to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar
Malami (SAN), by his lawyer, Mr. Emeka Obegolu on January 8,2016.
The
commission also came under criticism in some quarters for re-arresting the
former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) and the Director
General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Mr. Patrick
Akpobolokemi, immediately after they were granted bails by various courts.
The EFCC
Chairman did not give room for a question and answer session with the media as
he promised to meet them at a later date.
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