Agbakoba also noted that the act which created the EFCC was the fastest bill ever passed into law by the National Assembly.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Human rights lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), on Friday described the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as a terrorist organization using its might to oppress Nigerians.
The senior lawyer made this known while featuring on Arise TV’s Morning Show, where he noted that the act which created the EFCC was the fastest bill ever passed into law by the National Assembly.
Agbakoba, however, accused EFCC operatives of using their constitutional powers to terrorize Nigerians, arguing that it ought not to be so.
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Speaking during the interview, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria said, “In order to be able to resolve the issue surrounding the legitimacy of the EFCC, it’s for the House of Assembly to clarify what the EFCC should be doing. Why do we have the EFCC, Special Fraud Unit, and ICPC all doing the same thing, yet they are not catching anybody?
“The EFCC has done some good things, but it has also done a lot of bad things. Even Tarfa, as rogue as he was, being dragged; was that correct? In a sane society, do you bring a former Inspector General of Police and drag him? That’s not right. If you bring the constitution and say maybe we give them a pass mark, I’m not going to give them any pass mark because these guys are terrorists.
“In my view, they terrorize us. They use their might, in their red coats, to terrorize us so that when you hear EFCC, you become scared. That’s not what a law enforcement agency should be; they ought to be better.
“The deficiencies in the system are no reason for anyone to get away, because that would defeat the whole purpose.”
Prior to this, Agbakoba had claimed that EFCC is an unlawful organisation that he believed was “unconstitutionally established.”
