less than 24 hours to the All Progressives Congress, APC national convention, A Pro-democracy group, Concerned Nigerians have given a 7 day ultimatum to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC to investigate and prosecute the national leader and presidential hopeful of the ruling party, Bola Tinubu over Bullion vans that convey money to his residential home in Lagos on the eve of the 2019 general elections.
The convener of the group, Deji Adeyanju, in a petition forwarded to the chairman of the anti-graft agency, Abdulrasheed Bawa, requested an urgent and thorough investigation into the matter
The body said it’s two years since it forwarded the first petition to the agency regarding Tinubu’s alleged money laundering which it has failed to act on or respond to, saying the current situation serves as a reminder for the Bawa-led leadership.
The human rights group said the commission had investigated high profile cases and accused it of
selective prosecutions contrary to the clear dictates of the efcc’s existing law of section 1 of Money Laundering (prohibition) Act which states that no person or body corporate shall, except in a transaction through a financial institution, make or accept a cash payment of a sum exceeding N5,000,000 (in the case of an individual) or N10,000,000 (in the case of a body corporate).
It further demanded the commission to initiate criminal charges against The APC national Leader or send its report on earlier petition in the event that the commission finds him innocent within seven working days from the receipt of the letter or the group will be forced to approach the court to seek an order to compel the anti-graft agency to performing it’s statutory duties.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
