The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says those challenging the legality of the agency are “feeling the heat” of the anti-graft war.
In an interview with Channels Television on Monday, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC’s director of public affairs, said the agency is “worried and shocked” about the suit in view of the “corruption problem” in the country.Recently, attorneys-general of 16 states of the federation filed a suit challenging the constitutionality of the law establishing the EFCC.
They noted that the EFCC Act cannot be applied to states that did not give their consent to its creation.to the constitution review committees of the senate and house of representatives, Olisa Agbakoba, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association , said EFCC was not constitutionally established.Uwujaren said the establishment of the EFCC followed due process in the national assembly while calling on Nigerians to reject the move to “derail” the operations of the agency.
“What you see playing out today is simply people who are feeling the heat of the work of the EFCC, and they simply want to derail what is going on within the EFCC. They see EFCC as a threat. “Nigerians should see through the gimmick of those who are behind the suit on the legality of the commission. “We are really shocked by what is happening. Nigerians should see through this shenanigan and oppose it because I don’t see how this country can survive without the EFCC with the kind of corruption problem that we have in this country. Nigeria cannot do without the EFCC.”EFCC was established December 12, 2002 following an act of national assembly under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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