The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to react to media reports linking its
investigations of Ms. Aisha Achimugu with political undercurrents involving
former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Lagos State Governor, Babajide
Sanwo-Olu.
We wish to
state unequivocally that the investigations of Achimugu have no correlation of
any kind with the two political actors. She is being investigated for
alleged criminal conspiracy and money laundering and has since been declared
Wanted by the Commission.
The EFCC
commenced investigation of Achimugu in 2022 and though she approached the court
to obtain an injunction restraining the Commission from arresting,
investigating, inviting or detaining her for any alleged criminal act,
the injunction was challenged and vacated on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 by a
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
The
court ruled that “…no court has the power to stop the investigative powers of
the Police or EFCC or any agency established under our laws to investigate
crimes when there is reasonable suspicion of commission of a crime or ample
evidence of commission of an offence by a suspect”.
The court
further upheld the interim order of forfeiture of assets of Achimugu suspected
to be proceeds of crime, dismissing her suit against it as lacking merit
.
The
foregoing clearly establishes that the EFCC’s case against her has no immediate
or remote nexus with any politician or any veiled or open reference to any
political engagement or transaction.
The EFCC is
non-partisan and non-sectarian. We enjoin the public to continue to keep
faith with the professionalism of the Commission without imputing any
extraneous consideration to its works.
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