{"id":229256,"date":"2022-11-18T09:33:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T08:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=229256"},"modified":"2022-11-18T09:33:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T08:33:33","slug":"kogi-threatens-to-sue-efcc-over-alleged-illegality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/11\/18\/kogi-threatens-to-sue-efcc-over-alleged-illegality\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi threatens to sue EFCC over alleged illegality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kogi State Government has threatened to sue the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged harassment of State officials.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, issued the threat in a statement on Thursday in Lokoja.<\/p>\n<p>Fanwo said that the action became imperative in view of the anti-graft agency\u2019s alleged undermining of the orders of a High Court in a case between it and the State.<\/p>\n<p>The State government accused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/11\/16\/dollar-may-exchange-for-n200-after-redesigning-efcc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFCC<\/a> of illegal harassment of State officials \u201cover a bail-out fund the Commission tried fruitlessly\u201d to prove was stashed in an account, despite a Court injunction restraining it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA High Court had in Suit No. HCL\/128\/2021, filed by the Kogi State Government against the EFCC and other Defendants with respect to the said bail-out funds, issued an injunction on Dec. 3, restraining the EFCC or its agents from inviting or arresting any government official or requesting for any document relating to the matter pending the determination of the Motion on Notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in spite of that, EFCC attempted to arrest the Cashier of the Kogi State Government House even without its appeal against the court order was yet to be heard and determined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis attempt by the Commission is a clear and flagrant violation of a subsisting order by a competent Court of jurisdiction, which will be challenged in the law court.<br \/>\n\u201cWe believe that EFCC, as an anti-graft agency, ought not to disobey court Orders whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore ridiculous is the claim by the EFCC operatives that came to effect the arrest of the officials that they were unaware of the injunction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner wondered why EFCC could claim ignorance of an Order of Court, which they have already appealed against.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cTo us (government), this is an attempt by an agency created by law to drag the rule of law in the mud and operate above the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Commission had clearly moved from fighting the Kogi government to disrespecting the Judiciary, \u201cwhich is the last hope of the common man\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said Kogi was one of the State governments that supported the anti-corruption agenda of the APC-led administration by strengthening her institutions to remain transparent and accountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis posture has garnered for us many laurels as we now receive yearly awards from credible agencies, including the World Bank on Fiscal Transparency and Accountability,\u201d Fanwo stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kogi State Government has threatened to sue the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged harassment of State officials. 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