Some protesters have stormed the streets of Abuja to condemn the appointment of Mr Ola Olukoyede as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the protesters who converged under the group Centre For Democracy and Human Rights held several placards, calling on President Bola Tinubu and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to immediately discontinue the appointment.
The protesters marched to the gate of the National Assembly, after which they proceeded to submit their petition against the appointment to the leadership of the National Assembly.
Secretary General of the group, Adebayo Lion Ogorry, said that the appointment of Olukoyede as EFCC Chairman was a flagrant disregard and breach of the provisions of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Establishment Act, 2004.
Ogorry said the law states that the EFCC Chairman must have cognate experience of not less than 15 years but that Olukoyede only has eight years of experience at the Commission.
“We queried how he manufactured an additional 15 cognate years of experience as contained as required by law to as contained in Section 2 (1)(iii) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Establishment Act, 2004,” Ogorry said.
The group called on the Senate to reject Olukoyede’s nomination as EFCC Chairman and urged President Tinubu to withdraw the appointment.
“We call on you to use your office to give this appointment the proper scrutiny it deserves and stop the flagrant disregard and breach of the provisions of the extant laws of the EFCC Establishment Act 2004,” Ogorry said.
Note that the Senate revealed today that it received President Bola Tinubu’s request for Olukoyede’s appointment.
