{"id":174189,"date":"2025-08-14T11:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T10:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/efcc-targeting-corruption-not-opposition-olumide-fusika"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:55:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:55:47","slug":"efcc-targeting-corruption-not-opposition-olumide-fusika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/efcc-targeting-corruption-not-opposition-olumide-fusika","title":{"rendered":"EFCC targeting corruption, not opposition \u2013 Olumide-Fusika"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is not being used by the APC-led Federal Government to witch-hunt opposition politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Olumide-Fusika made this statement on Thursday, while answering questions on Arise Television, insisting that the agency\u2019s focus is on fighting corruption irrespective of political affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the targeting is of corruption, stressing that it doesn\u2019t matter who the person is, whether in the ADC or in the APC or whatever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Nigeria, there has been a lot of clamour for the EFCC to pursue what are called real financial crimes instead of focusing on love scams perpetrated by the infamous \u2018Yahoo boys.\u2019 For the institution to go after the likes of Waziri Tambuwal, they must have something. I don\u2019t see this as targeting the ADC; the EFCC has also prosecuted members of the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all, we are used to our powerful people telling us, \u2018go to court.\u2019 If you are picked up, you will take your day in court. If you are being witch-hunted, the evidence will show in court that you really didn\u2019t commit this offence. The judges are not targeting you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is not being used by the APC-led Federal Government to witch-hunt opposition politicians. 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