Besieged outgoing chairman of the House of Representatives, Hon Dimeji Bankole yesterday not to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) appears following a call for clarification in connection with a N10 billion loan on behalf of the House to be signed.
Bankole, was introduced to the EFCC on 26 convened last month, but requested more time and was moved to Saturday 11.am report. But he was conspicuously absent from the Commission on the submission of this report.
Reporters from several media companies have besieged the headquarters of the EFCC in Wuse 2, Abuja, against 10 clock, calculates the arrival of the battlements, but waited in vain to 17:00 clock.
A commission, the source with Daily Sun on condition of anonymity said, said: "Instead of the Speaker Bankole with the Commission on this issue, try the more difficult things for him, trying to gain direct access, I do not know that their. days are numbered. "re just going to give next week on Monday."
But in a prompt Bankole denied snubbing unit of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
After his use of the media, Mr Musa Ebomhiana, "the president not to offend the EFCC. He has great respect for constituted authorities, including before, the EFCC and its leadership.
"The president is no escape, has nothing to hide. If you complete the transfer activities have very busy, the request is honored."
Meanwhile, the Commission proposed, in a statement said alarm over an alleged conspiracy of suspects in its list of high-level probe in hate campaigns against the agency and to launch some of its officials.
EFCC in a statement signed by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi said: "You, too, to man a new plan to all types of attacks by the Commission by people who want to start now under study will alert coordinates These allegations of corruption and of one. examine the leading suspect in a case of criminal conspiracy, misappropriation of public funds and money laundering, financing, last week moved with ill-gotten funds to implement a series of attacks against the Commission and its leader.
"These mercenaries were paid to appearances on the popular TV channels and radio debate under the banner of civil rights groups and the demand for analysis of the war against corruption in the land of the stage. It is also as part of his plan for newspaper editorials and author of articles, all with the sole purpose of rubbishing the progress in the fight against corruption and ultimately undermine the morale of the Commission.
"All these factors have been pursued to find an escape route for a single suspect has enormous resources for pseudo-groups and activists to disrupt or divert a public authority to pay for the creation of a better society.
"Members of the public, therefore requested to ignore the statements and yellow come from these selfish elements in the next few days.
"Nigerians are invited to these mercenaries their contributions to the fight against corruption in the country. EFCC now more than $ 11,000,000 over 600 convictions of more than 1,500 cases pending with 65 top-class secured recovered in the courts. This is in addition to hundreds of buildings, vehicles and other objects of the Commission over the suspects and defendants.
"The Commission has since 2008 continued to advocate the creation of special courts to many cases of corruption are blocked to court to deal with.
"These words have their eyes closed and heads of the progress so far and the challenges because there is no personal gain or monetary benefit to this crusade, which ultimately improve the promotion of good governance is challenging in our company requests defended his activities.
"It is our belief that rather than promoting a program of self-service, it is time for all to the attractiveness Preidente Goodluck Jonathan, hear who said at his inauguration on May 29 ..". The nightmare of corruption by the irresistible force of our collective will to be related to free our country from this scourge. The fight against corruption is a war we all must be rejected. Thus, the limited resources of this nation for the growth of our common wealth will be used. "
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