PDP slams EFCC, says only INEC can probe its finances
The National Youths Frontiers of the Peoples Democratic Party has slammed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for inviting its officials to explain how N10bn was allegedly diverted.
The National Youths Frontiers of the Peoples Democratic Party has slammed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for inviting its officials to explain how N10bn was allegedly diverted.
You will recall that the EFCC is reported to have invited senior officials of the PDP following an allegation levelled against the PDP leadership by Kassim Afegbua, a chieftain of the party, concerning transactions related to party affairs.
However, the National Coordinator of the group, Austin Okai, in a statement on Wednesday said that only the Independent National Electoral Commission had the legal right to probe a political party’s finances.
“It is the only INEC (the electoral umpire) and main supervisory organ of political parties in the country that can carry out any investigation into any party’s financial activities, not the EFCC,” the statement read in part.
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Furthermore, the group added that the Federal Government had devised a plan to clamp down on members of PDP.
“This, as far as we are concerned, is the party’s internal affair. The jurisdiction of the EFCC does not extend to investigating internal party wrangling. The EFCC is therefore acting outside its powers by inviting the above-named persons,” it said.
