“I believe it is wrong to use the instruments of state to persecute political opponents.” BukolaSaraki AtikuAbubakar MuhammaduBuhari Nigeria EFCC
Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar Tuesday alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to persecute political opponents, particularly, immediate past Senate president Bukola Saraki.
Atiku, who contested and lost the 2019 presidential election to Buhari, said the revival of cases which the Supreme Court acquitted Saraki of, were indications that Nigeria’s anti-graft agency was functioning as a tool for oppressing government opposition.while he was Kwara State governor between 2003 to 2011 before he emerged Nigeria Senate president in 2015 till 2019.
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