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Protesters Storm EFCC Office, Submit Petition Against Lagos Speaker, Obasa

Protesters on Tuesday stormed the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to submit a petition against Lagos Speaker, Obasa

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A petition has been submitted at the Lagos State office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, by members of the Civil Society Network Against Corruption.

Members of the group also on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest against the Speaker at the Lagos State office of the commission.

The protesters who were received by the Head of the Lagos Chapter of the anti-graft agency, Mohammed Rabo, noted that they want the commission to investigate allegations of financial impropriety against Obasa.

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The Coordinator of CISNAC, Shina Odugbemi, while speaking said, “Our mission here this morning is to present you a letter about an issue in the city, Lagos State. Everywhere is awashed with the accusation that the Speaker of the state House of Assembly is squandering money. We pick issues and we ensure that we follow issues to logical conclusions. This is one of the steps.”

“We have come here today to present to you our petition that contains a catalogue of allegations. The truth is that these allegations until they are investigated and until a court of competent jurisdiction rules over them, we can’t say somebody is a thief or not. But what we are against is that in the Lagos State House of Assembly, there is a conspiracy to sweep these things under the carpet.”

The EFCC boss while responding to their call promised that the EFCC would give the petition the required attention.

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Rabo, however, stressed that allegations do not automatically translate into guilt.

He said, “I have received your petition and in our usual way, we don’t segregate if there is any allegation. But like you rightly said an allegation does not confirm the guilt of a person until investigations are well established.”

“So, I want to assure you that like every other petition we receive, we will give it the required attention.”

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“We have our process here. This is the first process, you have submitted a petition; we will go into it and we will commence earnestly.”