The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has in a statement, blasted the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, for an article in which he alleged that the EFCC was working with Bukola Saraki
Ojudu had recently written an article called ‘Fifth columnists in our recent history’ in which he fingered Saraki as the mastermind behind the recent blockade of the National Assembly and the freezing of the Benue and Akwa Ibom states’ accounts last week by the EFCC.
Part of Ojudu’s article had read: “From the shenanigans at the Benue House of Assembly to the siege on National Assembly, the attack on judges home in the night, the so-called barricade of the Senate President’s house, the laughable kidnap of Boy Dino and ‘his 11 hours on a tree’, the freezing of the Benue and Akwa Ibom accounts all are scripted, produced and acted by Oloye (Saraki) Productions.”
Responding to the Presidential aide, EFCC’s spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement said that the anti-graft body had worked hard on its investigations before freezing any accounts and was certainly not under the thumb of Saraki.
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The statement read in part: “The attention of the EFCC has been drawn to a widely syndicated article by Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters entitled, ‘Fifth columnists in our recent history,’ wherein he portrayed the commission as a conscript in the devious plots by Senator Bukola Saraki to undermine the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“The commission takes exception to the attempt to impute false motive to its investigative activities. The recent placement of a ‘Post No Debit Order’ on some accounts in Benue and Akwa Ibom states were the culmination of many months of painstaking investigative activities. To reduce such activities to the level of a stunt in a real or imaginary script by any politician is outrageous.
“It is important to state that the EFCC is not a party to the so-called script by Saraki. Members of the public should disregard the innuendo in Ojudu’s article as it is unfounded.”
It added, “The commission calls for circumspection on the part of political leaders, while urging them to seek clarification before making comments on matters they do not know about.”