Ace human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has called on
the Federal Government of Nigeria to restrain the Department of State
Services (DSS) from investigating corruption and financial crimes.
Falana gave this charge on Wednesday in his review of the reorganisation of the anti-graft agencies by the government.
He urged that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences
Commission (ICPC ) should take over all cases of official corruption
while the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should limit
its activities to money laundering, cyber crimes, advanced fee fraud and
other economic and financial crimes.
“With the new development, the Presidency should, as a matter of
urgency, ensure that each of the anti graft agencies is made to
henceforth operate within its statutory core mandate.
“If the federal government is prepared to reclaim the initiative it
must insist on regular inter agency collaboration on the part of the
anti graft agencies”, he counselled.
Falana commended the appointment of Prof. Bolaji Owasanye as Chairman
of of the ICPC and Chief Okoi Obono-Obla to handle recovery of public
property.
“By appointing Professor Bolaji Owasanye, the Executive Secretary of
the Presidential Advisory Council Against Corruption, as the chairman of
the ICPC and Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, the Presidential Adviser on
Prosecution as the Chairman of the Presidential Panel on Recovery of
Public Property who are both men of proven integrity, the federal
government has demonstrated its determination to refocus, restrategise
and rejig the anti corruption programme which has almost been hijacked
by the forces of corruption and impunity in the country”, he noted.
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