A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has dismissed a suit filed by the Anambra State Government challenging the power of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC's power to investigate its finances. Delivering judgment on the suit, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba held that the suit was factually and forensically lacking in merit, according to the statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media and Publicity
May 10, 2023A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has dismissed a suit filed by the Anambra State Government challenging the power of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC's power to investigate its finances.
“In my view, the question posed is at large... Is the EFCC a federal agency exclusively for all purposes, or is it both a federal agency and a state agency for some other purposes? It all depends on the context to which the question has been posed. While agreeing with an earlier judgment that Nigeria practices co-operative federalism, Justice Dimgba added, “In the co-operative federalism practiced in Nigeria, the EFCC is a common agency empowered to investigate and prosecute offenders for both the Federal and state economic and financial crimes, and as such it qualifies as ‘any other authority or person’ empowered by Section 211 of the Constitution to institute or initiate criminal proceedings”.
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