By Adeboye Ado, Akure
The Campaign for Democracy has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately dismiss Ola Olukoyede from his role as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,.
The organization criticized Olukoyede’s performance, noting that it was inconceivable that a former governor, who was on the EFCC’s watchlist and actively pursued by Nigerian security agencies and Interpol, could enter EFCC headquarters, wait for about three hours, and leave without being arrested or questioned.
“Instead, they told him to go, that they would get back to him only to issue a laughable statement that he was still a wanted man,” the President, Campaign for Democracy, Comrade Ifeanyi Odili, said in a statement on Thursday.
According to him, EFCC’s excuse that they couldn’t arrest him because a sitting governor accompanied him to their office is the main reason Olukoyede should be asked to go.
“Many people had castigated this man for long even though many others believed the case was mainly that of persecution. In all of this, CD did not dabble into the matter. Now that the matter has taken a dramatic turn, one that touches on democratic principles and affects the country’s image, it is pertinent for well meaning Nigerians to lend their voice.
“Associates of the former governor had been raising the alarm that his life is at risk. With the events of yesterday (Wednesday 18th September, 2024), any right thinking person would conclude that his life must be truly at risk.
“You said you couldn’t arrest him or interrogate him in your office because his governor was there, yet you went, at night, to the official residence of the same governor in Abuja to start firing gunshots as if Nigeria is a lawless society. This is unacceptable,” he stated.
The Campaign for Democracy said, in saner climes, the EFCC boss would have been fired the next morning.
“The man, Yahaya Bello, has fulfilled all righteousness. With the turn of events that culminated in a show of shame last night, it appears the EFCC has an ulterior motive definitely different from the fight against corruption,” the CSO submitted.
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