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Nigeria: FG Using EFCC to Bully Opposition Figures
The African Democratic Congress alleges the EFCC reopens old cases against opposition to intimidate leaders while investigations into ruling party allies reportedly fade, risking public trust.
- On Aug 11, 2025, the African Democratic Congress accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of conducting selective investigations, signs of dictatorship.
- The ADC alleges that the EFCC revisits opposition cases and sidelines probes into ruling party members, suggesting selective investigations.
- On Monday, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal was interrogated over alleged 189 billion naira withdrawals, ADC alleges targeted three former governors to weaken opposition, Abdullahi said.
- Amid mounting criticism, the ADC warned this trend is eroding public trust in the EFCC and undermining Nigeria's fight against corruption.
- Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the African Democratic Congress alleges the EFCC’s actions signal a drift toward dictatorship, urging Nigerians to demand independent investigation.
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Nigeria: FG Using EFCC to Bully Opposition Figures
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress-led federal government is using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to intimidate and bully the opposition into joining the APC.
FG using EFCC to bully opposition figures –Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress-led federal government is using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to intimidate and bully the opposition into joining the APC. This was as he noted that the EFCC detained the former Governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, because he is a member of the opposition Coalition. Atiku, in a statement posted on his social media …
EFCC Faults ADC Over Allegations of Politically-Motivated Investigations - Security News Alert
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described as “self-serving and diversionary” claims by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) that its investigations into opposition figures are politically motivated. In a statement by its spokesman, Dele Oyewale, the anti-graft agency said it was “shocked” by the ADC’s accusation that the EFCC was reopening old […] The post EFCC Faults ADC Over Allegations of Politically-Motivated Investi…
Tambuwal: Netizens Challenge EFCC On Okowa, Ganduje, Yahaya Bello
The recent arrest of former Sokoto State governor, Senator Aminu Tambuwal, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged financial crime, has set the social media abuzz. Tambuwal was detained from Monday to Tuesday evening by EFCC when he honoured the anti-graft agency’s invite over suspicious cash withdrawal to the tune of N189bn when he was governor of Sokoto State. His political party, African Democratic Congress (ADC), …
War Against Graft Is Not Political
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has accused the African Democratic Congress (ADC), of attempting to politicise ongoing corruption investigations and shield politically exposed persons from accountability. The post War Against Graft Is Not Political- EFCC appeared first on Trending News.
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