Civil Society Calls For The Removal Of EFCC Chairman

A civil society, Coalition for Civil Liberty and Equity (CCLE) has called for the removal of Ibrahim Lamorde, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over what it considered cabal sponsored arrests.

he group which is planning a protest said the EFCC which had been in a period of hibernation is suddenly trying to fool Nigerians by pretending to be effective. The group accused Ibrahim Lamorde of witch-hunting some politicians and said this would tarnish the image of the country.

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Daily Post however reports that these coalition groups have been sponsored by indicted former public officials who had quickly provided money to these groups to discredit Lamorde.

The former politicians who were under the radar of the anti-graft agency were said to have made moves to discredit the personality of Lamorde and the EFCC so as to disrupt the investigations and distort prosecutions by sponsoring CCLE

It was alleged that the master minders of the planned protests cut across all political parties.

Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesman of the EFCC confirmed that the group was planning he protest on behalf of the indicted politicians but advised that the accused should rather prove their innocence to Nigerians.

He said: “Instead of calling for the head of the chairman for doing his job, they should direct their energies to proving their innocence in court.

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“This gambit to distract and defame the EFCC and its leadership will certainly fail because the Nigerian people cannot be deceived.

“Those who have stolen our common patrimony cannot be posturing as victims. That is sacrilegious,”

Meanwhile, the EFCC disclosed plans to probe Goodluck Jonathan with investigations into the financial transactions of his ministers and aides

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