A pro-Democracy group, Concerned Nigerians, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for persecuting the immediate past Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose.
Mr. Fayose who turned himself, Tuesday, into the anti-graft agency headquarters in Abuja for questioning over alleged corruption is still in detention.
The group in a Press Statement made available to Journalists, Wednesday, enjoined the EFCC to prosecute the Former Governor if found wanting and not persecute him because of his political leaning or affiliation.
Convener of the group, Deji Adeyanju, recalled that the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, who was accused of corruption and subsequently suspended, did not spend a night at EFCC facility when he was invited for questioning.
“We are amazed that the former Secretary to the government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal who was accused of misappropriation of public funds was summarily invited to the Commission’s office and subsequently released without charging him to court or even spending a night in detention”.
“It is therefore baffling that the former governor who voluntarily submitted himself to the commission for investigation spent the night in an EFCC cells and is being detained arbitrarily while the Former SGF is walking free. We condemn in its entirety, this sort of selective justice”, Mr. Deji said.
“You would recall that the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir David Lawal was suspended and subsequently fired for allegedly violating the law and due process in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE),” he added.
The group further stated that the anti-graft agency should release Mr. Foyose until the commission provides an evidence indicting the former governor of Ekiti state.
“Finally, we are also amazed that the EFCC that had shown great appetite to feast on Fayose are suddenly claiming not to have enough evidence to approach the court until he Fayose implicates himself”
“We call on the Anti-graft agency to their already established trend of selective justice. The commission should, therefore, release Fayose just like they did with Babachir Lawal since it appears they are not yet ready to charge him to court. They should have waited to conclude their investigation before inviting him to explain and defend himself,” he added.
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