Major opposition political parties have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to order, saying the agency is becoming a tool for oppression.
They alleged that the anti-graft war is being politicized as the commission is allowing itself to be used to intimidate some politicians within and outside the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The parties spoke in response to the recent face-off between the Kogi State government and the EFCC over an alleged N20 billion Kogi State salary bail-out account at Sterling Bank that was purportedly frozen by a court.
The national chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ralphs Nwosu, in a statement on behalf of Allied Political Parties for Good Governance and Building Nigeria Legacy, said the EFCC was chasing an agenda.
Nwosu said, “EFCC and other agencies of government must learn to focus on their jobs and stay away from politicians; extricate themselves from politics and begin to function as preventive organizations. Brinkmanship is destructive of government establishments and institutions.
“A stitch in time saves nine. Mr President and the Presidency should be concerned with the history Buhari leaves as he finishes his tenure.”
