Agbakoba Vows to Challenge Creation of EFCC *Insists anti-graft agency lacks powers to interfere in state affairs Wale Igbintade A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association , Olisa Agbakoba, yesterday questioned the existence of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, insisting that the commission currently operates outside the constitution.
Agbakoba at a press conference held yesterday in Lagos, argued that since the EFCC was a creation of the National Assembly, it does not have the powers to interfere with the activities of state governments. He insisted that the 1999 constitution only provides one Police Force for Nigeria, adding that since the anti-graft agency was not a branch of the Police, it could not perform its functions.
“The Supreme Court in many of its decisions have held that federalism means two autonomous and independent governments and if that is correct, the EFCC does not have the right to go to the state and examine their accounts. “My other prayer would be whether the National Assembly can make laws for the federation and to what extent can the National Assembly which is an arm of the federal government make laws authorising a federal agency to exercise powers as if it were a state agency.
According to him, the real issue was about the failure of the security agencies to obey the rule of law.
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