Wike Gives EFCC Condition Over Alleged N117bn Transaction

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said officials of the state government will appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) only if the anti-graft agency follows the rule of law.

The EFCC had invited and quizzed the Managing Director of Zenith Bank, Peter Amangbo, over alleged N117 billion transaction by the state government in the past three years.

The anti-graft agency is also seeking to quiz four officials of the state who were central to the withdrawals.

Speaking at the state government house in Port Harcourt, Wike, according to The Cable, said the EFCC is “full of impunity.”

He said: “I am not interested whether EFCC backs off or not. I am not against the EFCC fighting corruption, if at all they are fighting corruption. My concern is we must do it according to the law.”

“The law says that we have a federation comprising the federal government, the states and the local government areas. We go to the monthly federal allocation when money comes to the federation and all tiers take their share. The federal government is now saying that the money that comes to states will be monitored.

“I was not here in 2007. Rivers State Government went to court against the EFCC to say the commission has no constitutional power to interrogate the finances, the expenses of the state government. And the matter was adequately addressed and judgment was given against EFCC.

“Since 2007, EFCC has been struggling to appeal the judgment. EFCC has not succeeded up till now. What they are doing now is when they feel a government is not pro-Buhari, ‘let’s do this’.”

He wondered why the EFCC was allowed to freeze the accounts of Benue and Akwa Ibom State Governments, insisting that the agency is being used as a tool by the federal government to fight opposition.

“Nobody will appear before the EFCC until they follow the rule of law. This country must not allow personal interest of individuals. That is a coup against the interest of Nigeria,” he said.

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