Civil society organisations in Nigeria, including the Campaign for Democracy (CD) and Transparency and Accountability Network (TAN) have urged the Federal Government to respect the Nigerian constitution and the principles of federalism in the legal matter brought against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-crime agencies in the country.
The CSOs alleged in a statement, on Sunday, that the Federal Government was making moves to frustrate the hearing of the case instituted by 19 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the EFCC and two others, which they said was against the constitution and the principle of federalism.
In the statement signed on behalf of the CSOs by the President of CD, Mr. Ifeanyi Odili; and his TAN counterpart, Dr. Dapo Oluwole, the groups claimed that what the Federal Government was allegedly doing was “an indication that government was aware of the illegality of the anti-graft agencies and was trying to…