EFCC boss speaks on Tinubu 'interfering' in anti-corruption agency's operations

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FCT, Abuja - Ola Olukoyede, president of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has dismissed allegations that President Bola Tinubu is utilizing the committee to people members of absorption parties.

Speaking arsenic a impermanent connected Wednesday, April 30, connected Channels Television’s 'Politics Today', monitored by Legit.ng, Olukoyede described the claims arsenic a ploy to distract the President from “the bully enactment helium is doing.”

According to him, President Tinubu's large interest is however the heads of cardinal ministries and authorities agencies are delivering connected their mandates.

The EFCC helmsman said:

“I deliberation Nigerians should admit the benignant of president we person astatine this time, and I americium being superior astir it. It is not due to the fact that I americium occupying this position. Anyone who would beryllium sincere, peculiarly those who enactment with Mr President, those who are members of national enforcement council, those who are heading agencies, ministries and department, immoderate clip you spot Mr President, the assemblage connection is ‘look, what person you done?’ ‘How overmuch person you recovered?’

He added:

“The antheral doesn’t person clip for this issue, radical are conscionable trying to distract the government, they are conscionable trying to distract the moving president. Those who are adjacent to him volition archer you helium doesn’t privation to perceive thing isolated from the performance."

Source: Legit.ng