Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has disclosed that Nigeria’s anti-corruption war is dangerously sliding off course and mutating into a brazen political witch-hunt.
Atiku warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, and other anti-graft bodies to purge themselves of partisan contamination
before they permanently lose the trust of Nigerians.
He was reacting to the arrest and detention of a former
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.
In a statement signed by his media team, titled:
“Anti-Corruption Fight Has Derailed Into a Full-Blown Political Witch-Hunt,”
Atiku said the anti-graft agency is “straying far from the noble principles
upon which it was created. Instead of upholding justice,” he said, “the agency
is now weaponising its powers to serve narrow political agendas.”
According to him, “The politicisation of corruption
investigations has rendered the EFCC’s credibility suspect and rubbished the
very ideals that inspired its establishment.
“We expected the EFCC to voice its objection to the
appointment of former governors with unresolved corruption allegations. But
partisan loyalty prevailed over integrity.
“The EFCC, now operating like a political rottweiler, is
deployed to intimidate and coerce politicians into joining the APC. And once
they bow to pressure, their corruption cases mysteriously vanish.”
The former Vice President said the selective pursuit of
Malami by the EFCC was “shameless.”
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