EFCC warns Nigerians against planned protest

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has caution Nigerians to be careful of a shadowy group planing to stage a protest against the Commission.  

This was disclosed in a statement signed by the commission’s head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale.

According to the statement,  the group had in the last couple of days been actively campaigning on the social media, recruiting impressionable young Nigerians, including students to take up “arms” against the EFCC.

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 statement partly read, "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  suggest 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 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."