ADC Accuses EFCC of Acting as Political Tool for Ruling Party
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of engaging in selective investigations aimed at intimidating opposition figures while protecting allies of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC alleged that the EFCC’s recent activities resemble those of a “political hit squad” rather than an impartial anti-graft body. The party claimed that the commission has been reopening closed cases and reviving decade-old allegations against members of the opposition without new evidence, while quietly abandoning investigations involving ruling party members.
“The EFCC was created to be a fearless defender of the Nigerian people’s trust, applying the law evenly to all, friend or foe,” the statement read. “Today, that vision appears to have been compromised. The Commission now operates like a department of the APC, deployed to fight government critics and opposition figures.”
The party cited the example of a former governor whose alleged corruption cases reportedly disappeared from public view after he defected to the APC. “Not a question has been asked. Not a document leaked. Not a single update,” Abdullahi stated, contrasting it with the swift revival of old cases against opposition leaders.
Describing the trend as “selective prosecution” and “the death of justice,” the ADC warned that the EFCC’s credibility is at stake and that the pattern undermines the genuine fight against corruption.
The party called on Nigerians, civil society organisations, and the media to “resist this dangerous slide into dictatorship” and to demand that the EFCC operate independently and without partisan influence. “The EFCC does not belong to the APC. It belongs to the Nigerian people. It is funded by taxpayers, not the ruling party,” the statement concluded.
