The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it would probe an audio tape by one of its operative who alleged that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, compromises graft cases.
EFCC operative, Mohammed Idris, in the audio revealed how Malami was allegedly truncating big corruption cases being inevstigated by the commission.
In one of the audio recordings obtained by Daily Nigerian, the EFCC operative was heard saying, “Malami now controls the EFCC. The commission is in his hands. Once Malami speaks, the account will be unfrozen. They are unfreezing suspects’ accounts, including the big cases.”
However, the EFCC in a statement on Thursday by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said it would activate its internal mechanism to deal with the issues arising therefrom.
The statement titled, ‘Alleged AGF’s influence: EFCC investigates trending audio tape’, however, castigated Idris, a police officer seconded to the commission, describing him as “a compromised officer and fifth columnist.”
“Without prejudice to the outcome of the investigation, snippets of the audio recording clearly showed an abysmally compromised officer dropping names to ingratiate his benefactor, a relative of a crime suspect.
“By the alleged action, the said officer is no more than a corrupt fifth columnist with scant regard for the values of the commission.
“The action is contemptuous of the established Standard Operating Procedure of the EFCC. Such professional indiscretion has no place in the new EFCC.”
