Youths under the aegis of Arewa Consultative Youth Movement have called on the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, to immediately stop the persecution of the family of Mr. Eric Odoh or resign if he was tired of the job.
This group’s decision was contained in a statement issued by the President and Publicity Secretary, Mallam Kabiru Yusuf, and Mallam Muhammad Abdullahi, in Kaduna following the uproar over the attack on the home of Odoh’s widowed mother and assaulting the security guard.
The group alleged that persecuting the Odoh family would not fix the economic challenges of the country and would not lead to the recovery of any looted funds as the person in question was not involved in any looting if any happened at the bank.
The group further alleged that the persecution of the Odoh’s was because their son worked for Mr. Emefiele as an aide and cannot be held responsible for imaginary non existing allegations or actions of his boss.
“Mr. Odoh has asked to be exempted from testifying against his boss or falsely bearing witness against a man for a offence he never committed which irked the EFCC leadership and they have vowed to bring down Mr. Odoh.”
The group therefore called on Mr. Olukoyede to either redirect his focus on recovering the looted funds by state Governors, Ministers and Heads of Departments instead of chasing shadow and seeking needless patronage from the President by chasing his perceived political enemies.
The statement concludes that “should the EFCC Chairman find it difficult to do what is right and beneficial at this time for the country, the next right and beneficial thing to do is to immediately resign so that some other person who is serious to fight financial crimes in Nigeria will be appointed to take up the mantle.”
