Opinion by simonkolawole: In the matter between Bellomatawalle1 and officialEFCC via thecableng
its chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa. He listed the following issues for determination by the Court: whether the EFCC should be probing only governors and their commissioners whereas federal government officials are also corrupt but the anti-graft agency is looking the other way whether the EFCC should not also show evidence of federal corruption to the world whether the EFCC has a moral right to call him corrupt whereas its boss allegedly demanded a bribe of $2 million from him.
I proceed to quote the words of Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC spokesperson: “Matawalle’s recourse to mudslinging is symptomatic of a drowning man clutching at straws. But despite the irritation of his phantom claims, the Commission will not be drawn into a mud fight with a suspect under its investigation for corruption and unconscionable pillage of the resources of his state.
Let me now determine Issue No 1 as raised by Matawalle, viz: whether the EFCC should be probing only governors and their commissioners whereas federal government officials are also corrupt but the anti-graft agency is looking the other way. This raises a basic question: can the EFCC walk and chew gum at the same time? I hold so. It is not a matter of either/or. The EFCC should go after governors, federal officials and whoever violates the money laundering laws.
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