•Odili, Tinubu being investigated, says Waziri
From Ike Abonyi and Ali M. Ali in Abuja, 06.09.2009
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Farida Waziri has said the commission will be hard on politicians to thwart any attempt by any of them to engage in graft in the build-up to the 2011 elections.
Waziri, who spoke with newsmen yesterday in Abuja to mark her one year in office, said she had been told that 2010 would be crucial because campaigns for the 2011 elections would start and some politicians would want to steal funds to prosecute the elections.
But she said the commission was ready for the politicians ahead of the poll. She also said she was ready for whatever consequences that might come with the job.
“I have been told next year will be crucial and tough for EFCC as politicians will be campaigning for 2011 elections and some of them will want to amass wealth for that. We are ready and prepared for them,” she said.
Waziri also said investigation into the corruption allegations against former governors Peter Odili and Bola Tinubu of Rivers and Lagos States was still ongoing.
The EFCC chairman again, however, lamented that the judiciary was frustrating the commission’s effort at fighting the war against graft in the country.
She said: “EFCC is not responsible for everything that goes on in fighting corruption in this country. I investigate, draft charges, monitor the cases and that is where my actions stop. I ensure that exhibits are tendered and all that. It is really frustrating. If one arm of government is trying to forestall this work, you should not blame the EFCC, you should ask questions.”
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