Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, called on the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and President Muhammadu Buhari, to engage competent Lawyers, in order to win corruption cases.
Obasanjo, who spoke while playing host to members of the Correspondents’ Chapel and some Media Practitioners, in Ogun State, at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, said for the EFCC to be result-oriented, it must adopt a three-pronged approach of thorough investigation, diligent prosecution, and committed judiciary.
He said: “I was reading today when the President (Muhammadu Buhari), said the EFCC should stop losing cases. They lose cases for a number of reasons. One, they engage more of outside Lawyers. I believe that they need staunch, ogbologbo Lawyers inside, that will do the work.”
He gave the second factor as thorough investigation, and third factor as Judges who must be committed in fighting corruption, “because if the investigation is very sound, and you have an ogbologbo Lawyer to handle the case, if you have Salamigate, you know what the answer will be.”
Obasanjo also denied the allegations by Bamaiyi in his book.
Recall, that Bamaiyi was detained in October 1999 and charged for the attempted murder of the late Publisher of the Guardian newspaper and former Internal Affairs Minister, Alex Ibru. He was however, discharged and acquitted in April, 2008.
However, last week during the launch of his book, ‘Vindication of a General’, in Abuja, Bamaiyi said the Obasanjo government plotted to kill him in detention.
Reacting, Obasanjo at his event in Ogun State, at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, said: “My government did not plot to kill him. My government asked him to answer to those that were alleged to have been killed by him, and that is legitimate. That if there is an allegation that you have done something, that you have committed a crime, and then you are arrested, you should answer. And that’s all.”
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