A message has been sent to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The message was sent by Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state.
The governor urged the anti graft agency to go after officials of the presidency and members of the outgoing Federal Executive Council (FEC).
Matawalle stated this while reacting to a statement credited to Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the anti-graft agency.
The EFCC boss earlier said that the EFCC had sent invitations to all outgoing governors and commissioners in a bid to commence investigation.
However, the governor said such probe should not be limited to outgoing governors and commissioners, but those working at the Presidential Villa as well.
He urged the EFCC chairman to ensure that the investigation is not politicised and that all those who are found to be involved in corruption were brought to justice.
The governor said:
“My attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Malam Abdulrasheed Bawa, in which he claimed he has sent invitations to all outgoing Governors and Commissioners in a bid to commence investigation into alleged corruption and abuse of office perpetrated by them while in office.
“While this is appropriate and commendable because it’s important for political office holders to account for their actions in office and EFCC is imbued with the power of investigation, however, this power must be exercised judiciously.
“The investigation must be wholistic and not selective. It is in this respect that the recent invitations and pronouncement by the EFCC Chair is imbalance, incomplete, hypocritical, and unnecessarily skewed.
“This is counterproductive to the anti-corruption crusade itself, that is if Malam Bawa is actually committed to one.
“In a bid to help the obvious knowledge-gap and inertia exhibited by the EFCC Chair, the probe should be all-embracing and cover all officers.
“I demand that the EFCC chair extend similar invitations to officers of the Presidency and members of the Federal Executive Council, which is the highest tier of government in the country.”
