It Is Very Shameful – Dino Melaye Blasts Fresh Petition Against Atiku

Former federal lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has condemned a petition urging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to reopen and investigate alleged financial crimes involving the 2027 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar.

Naija News reports that a former member of the House of Representatives, Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, recently petitioned the EFCC to investigate Atiku’s activities during his tenure as Nigeria’s Vice President.

The petitioner gave the anti-graft agency a 14-day ultimatum, vowing that if the Commission fails to act, he would instruct his lawyers to take legal action.

In the petition, Agbonayinma alleged that sometime between 2005 and 2006, the EFCC investigated and made a report on allegations of grand corruption involving Atiku, who was then the sitting Vice President.

Reacting to the development in a post on 𝕏, Melaye described the move as shameful, stating that the petition was thrown out more than 10 years ago.

He said, “It is very shameful that an unstable character like E.J. will be writing a petition to the EFCC against Atiku Abubakar to resurrect the dead.

“A petition that was thrown out over 10 years ago is what he is trying to resurrect. What is the integrity of the commercial petitioner?

“He left APC in an elaborate press conference in Edo. Within one month, he left APC, went to ADC and then NDC, and now back to APC.

“Is that a stable character? Is that a man who can pen a petition? Of course, he is myopic and disorganised.”