The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) says the company shouldn’t be charging some alleged corrupt high-profile individuals to court docket but as a result of it takes time to collect proof in such instances.
EFCC chairman Ola Olukoyede stated arraigning folks concerned in high-profile instances requires painstaking investigation, thus the perceived delay in prosecuting individuals concerned in public corruption.
Olukoyede stated this in an interview with Channels Tv aired on Sunday Politics.
In response to the EFCC, the size of time some instances take earlier than reaching the courts doesn’t point out that the anti-graft company is inactive.
“In 48 hours, I can examine and arraign a cybercriminal. It’s only a matter of getting the units and all that, and I’m completed,” he stated.
“However in relation to politically-exposed individuals or public corruption or high-profile corruption, it takes time, and I can’t go to court docket when I’m not prepared.”
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Critics and opposition have accused the company of bias within the combat in opposition to corruption, alleging that the fee goes quiet on prime politicians perceived to be corrupt.
However the EFCC chairman says that with the authorized bottlenecks and restrictions, particularly when it includes belongings or monies in different nations, charging such instances to court docket will take time.
Throughout the interview, Olukayode dismissed claims that the anti-graft organisation was concentrating on members of the opposition.
In response to him, such claims are unfaithful and don’t replicate the goals of the EFCC.
He cited the case involving a former Minister of Justice and the Legal professional-Basic of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, who accused the fee of going after him as a consequence of his political affiliation.
“Let me inform you about that specific former attorney-general that you’re speaking about — there’s nothing private on this matter,” the EFCC chairman famous.
“If Nigeria is to maneuver ahead, all of us should agree that this combat have to be fought with out being partisan, and that’s what I would like Nigerians to grasp and to agree with us.”
