The Zamfara State chapter of the Individuals’s Democratic Get together (PDP) has demanded an apology from the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) over what it described as a “faux story” that the anti-graft company posted on its Instagram deal with and later deleted it.
The EFCC had within the submit on Saturday posted the report associating Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, with a former Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke on $9 billion corruption.
In a press assertion on Saturday, the PDP stated that “the anti-corruption company shortly eliminated the faux information with out a proof or apologising for deceptive the general public.”
“The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) expresses its disapproval of the actions of the anti-corruption physique and calls for immediate disclaimer and apology,” stated the assertion signed by the celebration’s Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Abba Bello Oando.
He defined that Lawal was acquitted of all corruption expenses by Nigeria’s Supreme Court docket on March 12, 2021.
In response to the assertion, “We’re disenchanted within the EFCC for permitting faux information to be revealed on its platform.
“The Supreme Court docket dismissed EFCC’s enchantment in opposition to Governor Dauda Lawal in 2021 and ordered the discharge of the N9,080,000,000.00 seized from him.
“The five-man bench of the apex courtroom led by Justice Muhammad Lawal Garba in a unanimous judgment dismissed the enchantment filed by EFCC in opposition to the Judgment of the Court docket of Enchantment, which, amongst different issues, ordered that the choices of the Federal Excessive Court docket, Coram Judice: Hassan, J. delivered in Swimsuit No: FHC/L/CS/13/2017 on sixteenth February 2017 are hereby put aside.
“The ultimate forfeiture order of N9,080,000,000.00 to the Federal Authorities of Nigeria is hereby put aside. It’s hereby ordered that the N9,080,000,000.00 be returned to the Appellant.
“The above judgment delivered by the Court docket of Enchantment Lagos Division was in Enchantment No CA/LAG/CV/480/2019 DAUDA LAWAL V. EFCC & ANOR dated 25 March 2020.
“The Supreme Court docket judgment which unanimously affirmed and upheld the above determination of the Court docket of Enchantment is Enchantment No: SC.212/2020, EFCC v. DAUDA LAWAL.
By this ultimate Judgment of the Supreme Court docket, the Apex Court docket has conclusively upheld, affirmed and decided that the Order of Last Forfeiture of the sum of N9,080,000,000.00 made in opposition to Dauda Lawal is put aside and rescinded and that the stated sum of N9,080,000,000.00 is returned to Dauda Lawal forthwith.
“The above Judgment given by the Supreme Court docket of Nigeria lastly and conclusively brings to an in depth the malicious persecution by the EFCC in opposition to Dr. Dauda Lawal which started in Could 2016 when the EFCC invented the unfounded allegation of cash laundering and acquiring monies suspected of being proceeds of illegal exercise in opposition to Dauda Lawal.
“It is usually worthy of word that by a ultimate judgment dated 7 October 2020, the Federal Excessive Court docket, Lagos Division discharged and acquitted Dr. Dauda Lawal of the offences of cash laundering, acquiring monies suspected to be proceeds of illegal actions and the opposite unsubstantiated expenses introduced in opposition to him by the EFCC in Cost No FHC/L/419C/2018 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA V. DAUDA LAWAL.
“Knocking down the faux story shouldn’t be adequate. The anti-corruption physique ought to problem a disclaimer and promptly apologise for this avoidable and expensive unprofessionalism.”