Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar Tuesday alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to persecute political opponents, particularly, immediate past Senate president Bukola Saraki.
“I believe it is wrong to use the instruments of state to persecute political opponents,” Atiku said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.
Atiku, who contested and lost the 2019 presidential election to Buhari, said the revival of cases which the Supreme Court acquitted Saraki of, were indications that Nigeria’s anti-graft agency was functioning as a tool for oppressing government opposition. Read more