Human Rights activist and renowned lawyer, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for doing little to identify looters and recover stolen funds. The lawyer who was recently awarded Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) made his position known in a series of tweets on his handle @fkeyamo yesterday.
According to him, "this is not about PDP or APC. It is about a strange system that cannot know so much has been stolen until a foreign entity reveals it to us". His reaction may have been informed by recent moves by prosecutors in the United States to seize assets including a 200-foot yatch worth $144m which were allegedly part of a bribery scheme involving former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Alison Madueke and her associates.
Following the development, the EFCC have reportedly approached a court, seeking interim forfeiture of all properties belonging to the former Minister and some of her associates.
Festus Keyamo's criticism of the EFCC is coming at a time when critical stakeholders in the country had repeatedly called for a change in strategy in the war against corruption. While some claimed that the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Magu may be responsible for this ineptitude, others are calling for a holistic overhaul of the anti-graft agency.
Recall that the Department of the State Services (DSS) had also called for the rejection of his nomination as the Chairman of the Commission, claiming that he will constitute a liability to the Commission and the administration's war against corruption.
Meanwhile, Keyamo has called on the former President, Goodluck Jonathan to explain his involvement in the corruption scandal involving Madueke. "The big unanswered question: is it possible one Minister allegedly stole so much without the knowledge, connivance & approval of the C-in-C?" he asked.
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