Following the drama between the embattled former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the Kogi State Assembly has demanded the removal of the Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede.
According to the lawmakers there request is based on allegation of assassination attempts on the life of former governor of the State, Yahaya Bello. The lawmakers also claimed that attempt is a threat to the current governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo.
They accused the anti-graft agency of attacking the governor’s lodge unprovoked and suggested the EFCC is acting as if it were above the law.
They, therefore, called on President Tinubu to sack the EFCC boss, and replace him with a new one. The lawmakers alleged the Chairman’s actions show incompetence.
This was contained in a statement made during a plenary session of the Assembly in Lokoja.
The lawmakers expressed their strong disapproval of EFCC’s “unjustified assault” on the Kogi State Government Lodge. They, therefore, characterizing it as an affront to Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo and the Kogi people.
The Speaker of the House, Aliyu Yusuf, while delivering the House’s resolution, described EFCC attempts at arresting Bello as an assassination attempt.
He said: “The House formally categorizes the April 17 and September 18 incidents as assassination attempts on the former governor, and by extension, a threat to the life of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo.
“The unprovoked attack on the Governor’s Lodge and the firing of live rounds within a diplomatic residential zone further demonstrate that the EFCC has fully marinated in a sense of its own importance and power. And now considers itself not only above the law but unanswerable to anyone or institution for its actions.
“Because the EFCC Chairman has shown constantly gross incompetence, the House has resolved that the President should relieve him of his appointment with immediate effect. And to replace him with a competent officer who will give Mr. President’s crusade for the rule of law the needed effectiveness.”
source: Daily Post
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