Olisa Agbakoba, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act needs a review.
Olisa Agbakoba, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association , says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act needs to be reviewed.
The supreme court has fixed October 22 to hear a suit filed by the attorneys-general of 16 states of the federation.The suit is challenging the constitutional powers of the national assembly to establish the EFCC and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit and the powers of these agencies to investigate and prosecute matters related to the misappropriation of state funds.
“It exceeded its authorities in several ways. Anyone who reads the Act will think that the EFCC is the Nigeria Police Force because that is what it does. Justifying his letter, Agbakoba stressed that the national assembly should review the EFCC’s validity, questioning its constitutional effectiveness.
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