Allegedly Sponsored Protesters Block EFCC Office

More than 20 civil society organisations have carried out a protest at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) calling for the removal of the chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde.

The groups came under the umbrella of Coalition of Civil Liberties and Equity and barricaded the EFCC office. They bore placards that had different inscriptions with the dominant message being the removal of the anti-graft boss.

The Punch reports that the group called on President Muhammadu Buhari to fire Lamorde so as to restore the dignity of EFCC.

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Stanley Onukwufor, the leader of the coalition group said since the country is interested in change, the EFCC must also undergo the said change too.

“We cannot take it again. The EFCC ought to be a good agency. It did well in the past and prosecuted corrupt people. But it has turned into something else. So many things have happened. Things have gone wrong. We have a President who wants change and wants things turned around.

“We are out to let Nigerians know that we want change in the EFCC. The only thing the EFCC does is to arrest little thieves. What about the former governors who looted the treasuries of their respective states? Why is the EFCC not prosecuting them? Most of these politicians are known to be corrupt. The EFCC takes some of them to court and that is where everything ends. Lamorde must go in order to bring change in the EFCC.”

Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesman of the anti-crime agency advised Nigerians to ignore the protesters who he claimed have already been paid to cause disruption.

“My sincere advice to Nigerians is to ignore these so-called CSOs. We should not allow a group of misguided elements to assault our collective sensibilities with a choreographed protest paid for by corrupt persons being prosecuted by the EFCC.

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“The era when Nigerians were easily deceived by rented crowds is over. Any discerning mind could see through the selfish motive of the group. Why is it that they did not see any reason to call for the removal of Lamorde all these years until he moved against their patrons? What is the bias in charging a person indicted by a corruption investigation to court? Instead of visiting the indignity of the spectacle of rented CSOs on the nation, they should go and face their trial in court.”

Earlier, it was reported that the groups were allegedly paid by indicted former political holders so as to discredit the EFCC and slow down prosecution.

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