Supreme Court To Rule On 16 Governor’ Suit Against EFCC Today

I think Nigerians can see through the gimmick of those who are behind the challenge to the legality of the commission.” The EFCC official noted that those behind the call for the overhaul were determined to “derail” the commission’s anti-corruption fight.

“They simply want to derail the fight against corruption because they don’t want accountability in their domains,”he said.

The EFCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren emphasized the necessity of the commission’s role in combating corruption during a recent interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.

“So, people who are concerned about transparency and accountability will wish for the EFCC to be ‘killed’.

“I am worried that, with the kind of problem we have with corruption in this country, some people would go to court to challenge the legality of the EFCC.

This lawsuit, initiated by Kogi State and supported by states including Ondo, Edo, and Oyo among others, posits that the EFCC, as currently constituted, operates unconstitutionally in states that did not ratify the convention..

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