The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed claims that its investigation of businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, is connected to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar or Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The commission in a statement on Friday, described such reports as false and misleading, stressing that Achimugu is being probed solely for alleged money laundering and criminal conspiracy.
The clarification follows a recent Federal High Court ruling in Abuja that vacated an injunction Achimugu had obtained to block the EFCC’s investigation. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in his February 19 judgment, upheld the agency’s authority to investigate financial crimes, stating that no court could legally prevent law enforcement from probing suspected criminal act.
The court also affirmed an interim forfeiture order on Achimugu’s assets believed to be proceeds of crime, dismissing her legal challenge as without merit.
According to the EFCC, its investigation into Achimugu’s activities began in 2022 following suspicions of illicit financial dealings. Despite being declared wanted, she had secured a court order restraining the agency from arresting or investigating her, a ruling that has now been overturned. The Commission emphasized that its case against her is strictly criminal and has no ties to any political figures or agendas.
“We wish to state unequivocally that the investigations of Achimugu have no correlation of any kind with the two political actors.
“The foregoing clearly establishes that the EFCC’s case against her has no immediate or remote nexus with any politician or any veiled or open reference to any political engagement or transaction.
“The EFCC is non-partisan and non-sectarian. We enjoin the public to continue to keep faith with the professionalism of the Commission without imputing any extraneous consideration to its works”, the statement read.
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