A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba, on Friday described the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as a terrorist organization. Agbakoba accused EFCC operatives of using their constitutional powers to terrorize Nigerians, which ought not to be the case.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria , Olisa Agbakoba , on Friday described the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as a terrorist organization. Agbakoba accused EFCC operatives of using their constitutional powers to terrorize Nigerians, which ought not to be the case. Featuring on Arise TV's Morning Show, the senior lawyer said the act creating the EFCC was the fastest bill ever passed into law by the National Assembly.
Why do we have the EFCC, Special Fraud Unit, and ICPC all doing the same thing, yet they are not catching anybody? 'The EFCC has done some good things, but it has also done a lot of bad things. Even Tarfa, as rogue as he was, being dragged; was that correct? In a sane society, do you bring a former Inspector General of Police and drag him? That's not right.
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