Women under the aegis of Kogi Women Group on Good Governance, have appealed to President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to set up unbiased investigating team to unravel causes leading to harassment of Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ododo by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).
The women equally registered their displeasure and huge disappointment at the conduct of the EFCC on 18 September, 2024 when they stormed Kogi House at Asukoro in Abuja to arrest the former governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.
The women who made the disclosure at a Press Conference said their disappointment is with respect to the attack on the official residence of the Executive Governor of Kogi State, which is the Kogi Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja.
Addressing the press conference in Lokoja, attended by hundreds of women from across the State, Hon. Tukura Grace, Convener of the Kogi Women Group on Good Governance and other speakers, called on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to set up an unbiased investigating team to unravel the causes leading to the harassment of the State Governor who was in company of the former Governor, Yahaya Bello.
“As mothers, we read with chills how the EFCC who had the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yaya Bello, brought to them by the current Governor, who was only fulfilling his civic duties as a citizen of Nigeria, allowed him to go and prefer a dramatized arrest to a person turning himself in, voluntarily.
“We say Governor Ododo of Kogi State was fulfilling his civic duties because the EFCC declared the former Governor wanted and even requested every citizen, including Governor Ododo of Kogi State, who had information about him to report to the nearest security outfit.
“In this case, the current Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, personally took the former Governor to them. EFCC failed to take him in and is giving very laughable excuses. We wonder what the scene of EFCC’s attack on the Governor’s Lodge would have turned to if Governor Ododo was not a perfect gentleman to put his security men in check not to return fire.
“We therefore say that the attack on the Kogi Governor’s Lodge is an attack on the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and sadly, the act is perpetuated by an agency of the federal government which ought to have known better.
“We, therefore, call on our beloved President Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to investigate the unfortunate conduct of the EFCC, who instead of commending Governor Ododo for bringing a man on their wanted list to them, decided to attack the Governor, putting his life and those of other innocent people in the neighbourhood in danger.
“We call on you, Mr President sir, to conduct the investigation through an independent unbias agency or committee of government. We stress that the attack on Governor Ododo was an attack on the entire people of Kogi State and the Nigerian Constitutional Democracy.
“It was an attempted coup de tat. As concerned mothers, we want to thank Governor Ododo for his maturity in preventing what would have resulted in the possible death of many innocent citizens for the unprofessional actions of the EFCC.”
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