The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) has said that its consideration has been drawn to the “malicious and unsubstantiated” assertion credited to Ismaila Mustapha popularly often called Mompha, the place he reportedly levelled allegation of corruption in opposition to the operatives of the Fee.
In a launch sighted by LEADERSHIP, the anti-graft company’s Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale famous that the declare, coming from an accused in a legal trial for conspiracy to launder funds obtained by way of illegal exercise, retention of proceeds of legal actions, and failure to reveal belongings and property, must be ignored because the rantings of a sinking defendant.
Oyewale remarked that the claims strike on the coronary heart of the Fee’s most prized value-integrity and should be challenged.
“The Fee is alarmed that the accused will abandon the platform supplied by the courtroom to launch a media battle in opposition to it by way of spurious claims.
“If he believes that elevating phantom accusations in opposition to the Fee will scare it from diligently prosecuting his case, he’s mistaken as no quantity of scaremongering will deter the Fee from pursuing the case to a logical conclusion,” Oyewale mentioned.
Consequently, he buttressed that whereas Mompha may be a drowning man clutching at any straw owing to the overwhelming proof of his involvement within the cash laundering case, his unsubstantiated claims in opposition to the EFCC are a difficulty the Fee is taking severely.
“To this finish, the Govt Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has directed that Mompha be invited to carry clasping proof of any problem of corruption in opposition to any workers of the Fee. Apart from, the socialite must also justify his labeling of the EFCC as a “ineffective company” with evidential proof.”
The anti-grant company’s spokesman, nonetheless, mentioned, “As a accountable legislation enforcement company, the EFCC wouldn’t sit again and permit libelous effusions in opposition to its fame to go unchallenged.
“Mompha, to all intents and functions, can’t be anticipated to color the EFCC in shiny colors owing to the skilled methods officers of the Fee are dealing with his matter. The EFCC wouldn’t be distracted from taking part in its job by the antics of traducers like Mompha.”
In the meantime, the anti-graft company suggested the general public to disregard his ranting as Mompha ought to relatively face his prosecution earlier than a courtroom of competent jurisdiction.
