Yahaya Bello vs EFCC: Kogi Assembly issues immediate demand to Tinubu

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The removal of the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, has been urged by the Kogi State Assembly.

The legislators stated that they believe Ahmed Usman Ododo, the state’s current governor, is in danger due to the murder attempts on Yahaya Bello, the former governor of the state.

They indicated the EFCC is operating as though it is above the law and accused the anti-graft agency of attacking the governor’s lodge without cause.

The Assembly noted that Ola Olukoyede, the head of the EFCC, has demonstrated ineptitude and called on President Tinubu to fire him and appoint a new leader.

The lawmakers vehemently condemned the EFCC’s “unjustified assault” on the Kogi State Government Lodge during a plenary session, calling it an insult to Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo and the Kogi people.

Aliyu Yusuf, while delivering the House’s resolution, said: “The House formally categorises 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 replace him with a competent officer who will give Mr President’s crusade for the rule of law the needed effectiveness.”

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