Comrade Toyin Raheem, Chairman, Campaign Against Corruption and Bad Governance (CACOBAG), has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the alleged diversion of part of the ransom the Federal Government paid for the release of the abducted Dapchi girls into a foreign bank account of a Nigerian security chief.
Raheem, in a statement made available to newsmen, also urged all international anti-corruption bodies to collaborate to ensure that the investigation of the allegation is thorough.
According to Raheem, the security chief (names withheld) was said to be part of the ream that negotiated the release of the abducted Dapchi girls.
He said: “CACOBAG wrote several petitions to EFCC to investigate the allegation against the said security chief. The bank’s name and account number were provided and the evidence provided that a foreign national was arrested on this issue.
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“It is saddening that EFCC has not taken any appropriate action to remove the ‘mask’ on the face of the said security chief with a dual citizenship of Nigeria and Niger Republic.
“Yet, EFCC has not found it necessary to inform us in writing if there is any constraint that prevents it from investigating the man that is jeopardising the lives of our children and turning them to merchandise to make money through ransom. Can we say EFCC is now a toothless bulldog or is afraid of the man?”
Raheem maintained that nobody should be above the law, hence the call on all international anti-corruption bodies to join hands to mount pressure on the EFCC to investigate the allegation, stressing that no corrupt individual should be spared.
He added: “We call on the Amnesty International (AI), HEDA, SERAP, CISLAC, HAVEN, UNCOVERED, UAD, US Embassy and all other agencies to join hands in this investigation.
“CACOBAG is determined to pursue this matter to a logical conclusion. EFCC should therefore do its legitimate duty or be dragged to UN and ICC for its refusal to investigate the alleged criminal act.”
