A Civil Society Group (CSO), Legislative Watch, has
condemned the refusal of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to
adhere to court orders, asking the anti-graft agency to immediately remove the
name of the former Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, from
its wanted list.
Legislative Watch, in a statement by its Executive
Secretary, Ihuoma Ngozika, said it had keenly observed the impunity being
demonstrated by the EFCC which it said has failed to acknowledge that the rule
of law is the lifeline of any democratic governance and civilized society.
The group therefore urged both the Attorney-General of the
Federation and the Solicitor General of the Federation to wade in and direct
the EFCC and its management to respect
court order to save democracy and rule of law.
According to the group, the enrolment order of the judgment
clearly states that the EFCC, its agents, privies, representatives, and other
related affiliates are to forthwith remove the picture, name, references,
details and particulars of Maina from the wanted list published on the official
website or any other related platforms.
Maina recently got respite from his declaration as
"wanted" by the EFCC. This, he achieved through a court judgment that
perpetually restrained EFCC from further declaring him wanted.
The group which frowned on EFCC's act of impunity said, it
was embarrassed that the commission is being closely watched and profiled by
the international community, thus, making President Muhammadu Buhari's
reputation questionable within and without.
Ngozika said: "We say this in the interest of Nigeria
and we will not fold our arms and watch this trend continue. We shall take this
flagrant abuse of the judiciary back to the court for contempt proceedings if
the EFCC management refuses to abide by this order after the elapse of 7 days
from today.
The CSO said, all security agencies have complied with the
court verdicts on Maina, except the EFCC, which has refused to remove his name
from their website as "wanted" in contravention to order of the
subsisting court order.
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