The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been warned to stop criminalising civil transaction matters that are outside its establishment
Specifically, the anti-graft agency was asked to re-evaluate its approach to cases involving civil transactions and limit its scope of operations to criminal matters, as stipulated in the law that set it up.
However, the court ruled that the nature of the transaction was civil in nature, thereby questioning the EFCC’s authority to intervene in such matters. Consequently, the defendants were discharged and acquitted. It stressed that the EFCC, as a body entrusted with the responsibility of curbing financial crimes and related offenses, lacks the legal jurisdiction and authority to involve itself in civil matters.
“It is crucial to emphasize that the EFCC, like other law enforcement agencies, does not possess the legal capacity to interfere in civil transactions between citizens and companies. Its role does not extend to debt recovery or arbitration in economic disputes.
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