EFCC warns against planned protest

• …vows to deal with protesters

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sent a strong warning to promoters of a planned protest against the Commission.

This was disclosed in a press release sighed by Dele Oyewale
Head, Media & Publicity of EFCC, on Wednesday, 3rd July 2024.

According to the statement, the planned protest is being orchestrated by corrupt individuals facing the Commission’s wrath.

The statement said the Commission is working with sister security agencies and will deal with protesters who pose a threat to the nation.

The statement reads in full: “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to alert the general public on the plan by a shadowy group to instigate a ‘protest’ against the Commission.

“In the last couple of days, the group has been actively campaigning in social media, recruiting impressionable young Nigerians, including students to take up ‘arms’ against the EFCC.

“This insidious campaign is being promoted as resistance to the operational activities of the Commission especially in respect of the enforcement of the laws dealing with cybercrimes.

“The Commission, while not averse to protests by citizens, is alarmed by emerging evidence that suggests a grand design by corrupt elements under investigation or prosecution by the Commission to exploit the so-called protest to orchestrate a national uprising that may threaten the peace and security of our dear nation.

“As a responsible law enforcement organisation, the Commission will not tolerate any breakdown of law and order anywhere in the country, especially around its office locations across Nigeria.

“EFCC, working in concert with sister security agencies, is therefore taking necessary measures to deal with possible threats to the peace and security of Nigeria.

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“The Commission, however, appeals to parents, guardians and heads of tertiary institutions to take responsibility in ensuring that their wards are not recruited to be used as cannon fodder in a proxy war against the Commission by vested corrupt interests.

“The war being waged by the Commission against corruption and cybercrime is to protect the future of the youth of this country. That future is imperilled if Nigeria degenerates further in the global reckoning as a den of fraudsters.”