The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of being used as a political instrument by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to target opposition members through selective investigations.
In a statement released Monday, ADC’s National Publicity Secretary Bolaji Abdullahi alleged that the anti-corruption agency has compromised its mandate by reopening old cases against opposition politicians while overlooking allegations involving APC members.
“In recent days, several senior opposition figures have received EFCC summons that are clearly politically motivated,” Abdullahi said.
He explained that these revived cases are not based on new evidence but are instead politically driven files opened to intimidate key opposition leaders.
“The EFCC now operates like a department of the APC, deployed to suppress critics of the government and opposition voices — accomplishing what the government cannot achieve through public debate,” he added.
Abdullahi also noted that investigations involving APC allies often “quietly fade away,” while opposition politicians face public scrutiny over sometimes decade-old allegations hastily presented as fresh evidence.
“It seems that in today’s Nigeria, guilt or innocence depends more on party affiliation than on facts,” he said.
“For instance, since a former governor joined the APC along with his entire state political structure, EFCC’s investigations into his tenure have disappeared without a trace — no questions asked, no documents leaked, no updates issued.
“Meanwhile, the EFCC continues to reopen old cases against opposition leaders and pursue stale allegations,” Abdullahi remarked.
The ADC warned that such practices are damaging public confidence in the EFCC and weakening efforts to combat corruption. The party urged civil society and the media to resist what it described as a “dangerous slide toward dictatorship and the politicization of public institutions.”
“The EFCC does not belong to the APC; it belongs to the Nigerian people. It is funded by
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