Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) on Thursday, said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, ought
Agbakoba said this at a news conference in Lagos.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria insisted that the 1999 Constitution only provided one police force for Nigeria, adding that since the anti-graft agency was not a branch of the police, it could not perform its functions. He said: “So the question will be, if the EFCC is created by the Federal Government can it then prosecute state offences?
“Anybody can read section 46 of the EFCC Act and Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution. Section 36 states that all offences must be defined and when you now read Section 46, you ask yourself if it complies with Section 36 because it does not.
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