Kogi Assembly calls for immediate removal of EFCC chairman

The Kogi State Assembly has called for the removal of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) chairman.

The MPs stated that there were assassination attempts against the state’s former governor, Yahaya Bello, which they regard as a threat to the current governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo.

They accused the anti-graft agency of unwarranted attacks on the governor’s lodge to arrest Yahaya Bello, claiming that the EFCC is acting beyond the law.

The Assembly urged President Tinubu to fire Ola Olukoyede, the head of the EFCC, and replace him with a new one, claiming that his acts demonstrate ineptitude.

During a plenary session, lawmakers strongly condemned the EFCC’s “unjustified assault” on the Kogi State Government Lodge, calling it an affront to Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo and the Kogi people.

Aliyu Yusuf, while delivering the House’s resolution, said: “The House formally categorises the April 17 and September 18 incidents as assassination attempts on the former governor, and by extension, a threat to the life of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo.

“The unprovoked attack on the Governor’s Lodge and the firing of live rounds within a diplomatic residential zone further demonstrate that the EFCC has fully marinated in a sense of its own importance and power and now considers itself not only above the law but unanswerable to anyone or institution for its actions.

“Because the EFCC Chairman has shown constantly gross incompetence, the House has resolved that the President should relieve him of his appointment with immediate effect and replace him with a competent officer who will give Mr President’s crusade for the rule of law the needed effectiveness.”