EFCC denies PDP allegation of prosecuting members in the media
- The EFCC has responded to allegation that the ruling party, APC, is using the anti-graft agency to harass opposition
- The EFCC boss said the agency does not play politics
- He added that there is always evidence against those arraigned for fraud
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu has denied claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the anti-graft agency is being used by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to terrorise opposition parties.
Magu made this statement on Monday, June 4, after declaring open a one-day high level consultative meeting on corruption organised by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD Nigeria) in conjunction with African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in Abuja.
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He said: “Nobody has said that we have arrested somebody without something to proof. We base our investigations on evidence and nobody has come out to dispute that. We have never taken anybody on flimsy excuses. As always, we conduct a very thorough investigation and whoever we take to court is based on evidence.
“Before we even invite, we conduct background investigation; we do preliminary investigation before you are invited. And even when you are invited, we make sure there is an offence before we take you to court."
Magu who made the statement while reacting to the allegation that the anti-corruption war is one sided said there is no such thing and the agency works with concrete evidence.
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Legit.ng earlier reported that former governor of Kaduna state, Ramalan Yero, and three others were on Thursday, May 31, remanded in prison by a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna.
Justice Mohammed Shuaibu gave the order following the arraignment of the defendants by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Yero and the other defendants were charged with four counts bordering on money laundering, criminal conspiracy, misappropriation of public fund, and breach of trust.
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