Supporters under the Coalition of Anti-Corruption Organisation have called for the removal of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Chairman, AbdulRasheed Bawa.
According to them, the call for removal from office is over alleged consistent disobedience of court orders.
The coalition, comprising about 50 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), was joined by senior lawyers including Cletus Okedube, Johnson Areola and George Sanda, among other notable activists at protest at the weekend in Lagos.
The spokesperson for the Transparency and Accountability Group, Ayodeji Ologun who spoke on behalf of the anti-corruption CSOs, described gathering as protest against “Politicisation of the EFCC, Disobedience of Court Orders and Infringement on Human Rights of Nigerians.
They called on President Muhammadu Buhari to also overhaul the anti-graft commission in order to recover its past glory and for a better Nigeria.
He said the need to press home their grievances strongly was founded on the realisation that some anti-democratic elements were drawing the civil societies back in the fight against corruption.
Ologun advised the commission’s Chairman to obey court rulings being at the helm of affairs adding that he who comes to equity must come with clean hands.
Ologun said EFCC under Bawa allegedly had the penchant for disobedience of lawful court orders and had politicised activities.
Similarly, Olufemi Lawson, Convener of the coalition comprising about 50 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and Chairman, Centre for Public Accountability, called on the media to be partners in the struggle for a better society by resisting intimidation.
