Clark, Ijaw Leader Says EFCC Has Lost Focus

Chief Edwin Clark, jIaw leader and former Minister of Information, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to reorganise the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to give the anti-graft agency more powers to fight corruption and other related financial crimes in the country.

Clark who while addressing a press conference yesterday in Abuja said that “Given that nothing substantially is being done to fight corruption, one is primed to advise Mr. President to immediately reorganise the EFCC to effective discharge of its mandate.

“In all advanced democracies, anti graft agencies would swing into action following the kind of revelations and allegations against most people walking free on our streets today. Unfortunately our own anti graft agencies have simply adopted a sidon look position. What a shame.”

According to him, with the renewed offensive against the Boko Haram led insurgency that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari had nothing more to offer as his campaign promise was hinged primarily on fighting the insurgents.

Clark said, “General Muhammadu Buhari has always anchored his campaign promises on two cardinal planks: to wipe out insecurity and corruption. With the renewed offensive against the terrorists leading to the killing and dislodgement of the Boko Haram anarchists, the first campaign plank of Buhari has been given a technical knock-out by President Goodluck Jonathan and the whole world is witnessing the reclaiming of all territories hitherto held by Boko Haram.

“This leaves him on a one legged platform. Again, on the remaining: corruption, General Buhari himself got jittery and gave himself another technical knock-out when he said that he will not probe past leaders.

“With this development, Buhari has conceded that he has nothing more to offer the good people’s of this country.

In fact, I make bold to say that he is now standing for nothing and like they say he can fall for anything.”

Clark said that he was puzzled to hear Buhari say that he would if elected President pardon any one indicted for corruption between 1999 to the date of his swearing, while anyone involved in corruption would be dealt with from the date of his assumption of office as president.