Campaign Fund Probe: NNPP Slams Kwankwaso For Procuring Court Order To Stop EFCC’s Investigation

• ABEOKUTA – The National Secretary of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Comrade Oginni Olaposi Sunday has said that the order of Kano State High Court allegedly procured by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to stop his invitation, arrest and prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) is too weak.

Comrade Oginni Olaposi Sunday, while addressing pressmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital on the commemoration of Democracy Day lamented that the magnitude of unprecedented corruption by successive Nigerian Government and politicians has made nonsense of the nation’s Democracy.

Oginni noted that, the continuous resistance of former governors to EFCC investigations is becoming worrisome as Nigeria is marking the June 12 anniversary as Democracy Day.

Recall that the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) through it’s National Secretary, Comrade Oginni Olaposi Sunday requested for the EFCC investigation of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and other corrupt party officers on the money collected by the party from the sales of nomination forms and campaign funds donations which was allegedly stolen by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and his cohorts.

In a dramatic reaction to the imminent EFCC investigation, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso rushed to Kano State High Court to procure an order to stop EFCC from inviting him and other alleged corrupt officers for investigation in the same manner of which Yahaya Bello the former Governor of Kogi State is trying to use Court to frustrate EFCC Prosecution.

“Nigerians cannot forget in a hurry that the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello also use Kogi State High Court to procure a frivolous order similar to what Kwankwaso also procured from Kano State High Court to frustrate EFCC investigation and arrest.”

The National Secretary of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Comrade Oginni Olaposi Sunday while reacting to the order got by Kwankwaso from Kano State High Court to stop the EFCC, also made it clear that as a law abiding political party, NNPP has approached the relevant governmental agency with responsibility to deal with corruption in Nigeria.

“We cannot teach EFCC how to do their job. I am very sure that EFCC is up to the task.

Oginni however frowned at the decision of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to rush to court for protection.

“The rush to procure a court order is suggestive. If Kwankwaso and his defunct NWC are as clean as they pretend to be, they have no reason to run away from EFCC’s investigation.

“The New Nigeria People’s Party ( NNPP) is hereby calling on well meaning Nigerians to prevail on Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to voluntarily submit himself to EFCC. It’s more honourable for him to peacefully engage EFCC than unnecessary confrontation like Yahaya Bello.”