Kogi Assembly calls for immediate sack of EFCC Chair

The Kogi State House of Assembly has called for the immediate removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, over alleged  unprofessional handling of the case against the immediate past Governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.

The legislators made the call on Monday  during plenary at the  hollow chamber of the assembly in  Lokoja.

The lawmakers condemned what they described as the EFCC operatives’ unprovoked attack on the Kogi State Government Lodge recently.

They said  it was an attack on the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, and the entirety of the Kogi people.

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The decision of the legislators  followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by Hon. Akus Lawal, representing Ankpa 1 State Constituency and seconded by  Hon Jacob Olawunmi,  Ijumu State Constituency.

After due consideration of the incident,  the lawmakers   resolved  that the EFCC had an agenda different from the fight against corruption, which they said,  had been revealed by the way the Commission approached the issue of arrest.

“The House formally categorizes the April 17 and September 18 incidents as assassination attempts on the former Governor, and by extension, a threat to the life of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo.”

“The unprovoked attack on the Governor’s Lodge and the firing of live rounds within a diplomatic residential zone further demonstrate that the EFCC has fully marinated in a sense of its own importance and power and now considers itself not only above the law but unanswerable to anyone or institution for its actions.”

“Because the EFCC Chairman has shown constantly, gross incompetence, the House has resolved that the President should relieve him of his appointment with immediate effect and replace him with a competent officer who will give Mr. President’s crusade for rule of law the needed effectiveness,”, said  the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aliyu Yusuf as he read out the resolution .