. Alleges corrupt persons under investigation behind planned nationwide protests
…says ‘we’re working with other security agencies to deal with threats’
. Don’t let corrupt persons recruit your children to be used as canon fodders in their proxy war, warns parents
Anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has warned parents to discourage their wards from yielding to an ongoing mobilisation by corrupt interests to stage protests aimed at derailing the commission from its responsibility to sanitise the society of corruption.
EFCC gave this warning in a statement by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale.
The commission described the ongoing mobilisation of Nigerian youths by a group, PIDOM NIGERIA, through the social media as an unwanted plan to dislocate order in the society.
The anti-graft agency however said it would be working in collaboration with other security agencies to decisively deal with any threat that may be posed to it by the intending protesters in any of its offices in any part of the country.
The EFCC statement read as follows:
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to alert the general public on the plan by a shadowy group to instigate a “protest” against the Commission.
In the last couple of days, the group has been actively campaigning on the social media, recruiting impressionable young Nigerians, including students to take up “arms” against the EFCC.
This insidious campaign is being promoted as resistance to the operational activities of the Commission, especially in respect of the enforcement of the laws dealing with cybercrimes.
The Commission, while not averse to protests by citizens, is alarmed by emerging evidence that suggests a grand design by corrupt elements under investigation or prosecution by the Commission to exploit the so-called protest to orchestrate a national uprising that may threaten the peace and security of our dear nation.
As a responsible law enforcement organisation, the Commission will not tolerate any breakdown of law and order anywhere in the country, especially around its office locations across Nigeria.
EFCC, working in concert with sister security agencies, is therefore taking necessary measures to deal with possible threats to the peace and security of Nigeria.
The Commission, however, appeals to parents, guardians and heads of tertiary institutions to take responsibility in ensuring that their wards are not recruited to be used as cannon fodder in a proxy war against the Commission by vested corrupt interests.
The war being waged by the Commission against corruption and cybercrime is to protect the future of the youth of this country. That future is imperiled if Nigeria degenerates further in global reckoning as a den of fraudsters.
