Frontline anti-corruption activists have thrown their weight behind the stance of a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, over what they described as the politicisation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
According to them, the Commission’s recent actions, especially against the Kogi State Government, portray it as a “compromised political tool”.
The activists, who are leaders of various frontline anti-corruption organisations, including the Centre for Anti-corruption and Open Leadership, Centre for Public Accountability, Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance, Africa Labour Research Centre, and Secure world and Liberty Initiative for Peace, among others, called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to call the EFCC to order and save the image of the government regarding its commitment to an unbiased war against corruption.
