has disproved allegations that it is being used to
harass political opponents of President Goodluck
Jonathan.
The agency also criticized allegations by the
spokesperson for Muhammadu Buhari Presidential
Campaign Organisation, Shehu Garba, that the
EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, has been
accused of corruption, stressing that there is no
truth in the claim.
The Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Wilson
Uwujaren, who said this at a news conference in
Abuja on Friday, described as forgery a document
containing the names of certain opposition figures
said to have been marked for probe by the
commission on the instruction of Chief of Staff to
the President.
Uwajaren dismissed claims that the commission
owed its staff, stressing that the EFCC achieved 92
per cent implementation of 2014 budget on
personnel emolument.
The EFCC spokesman said Garba had nursed a
grudge against the anti-graft agency over the years
as the spokesman for former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar.
He said , “For the avoidance of doubt, there is no
truth whatsoever in the claim by Shehu that the
‘EFCC Chairman is accused by staff of corruption,
the commission staff is also being owed salaries
and entitlements, having not been paid for three
months.’ The EFCC is alarmed by this claim.
“The chairman of the commission is respected in
the law enforcement circles for his integrity and
professionalism. Furthermore, the claim that the
staff of the EFCC are being owed three months is
the figment of Shehu’s imagination.
“As a spokesperson for the respected General,
Shehu must be careful not to mask his personal
views as those of Gen. Buhari or APC. We find it
hard to believe that the views expressed by Shehu
are those of Buhari or the All Progressives
Congress.”
It will be recalled that earlier today a leaked image
circulated the media wherein President Goodluck
Jonathan ordered EFCC to secretly examine the
personal and official finances of the leaders of the
main opposition party.
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