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  Senate to amend the EFCC Act against Perpetual Injunctions

Senate to amend the EFCC Act against Perpetual Injunctions


The anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has approached the Senate to amend the EFCC Act against perpetual injunctions. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Chukwuka Utazi, has also confirmed that an ongoing amendment, which will soon be passed by the lawmakers, will overturn any subsisting perpetual injunction.

Utazi, while leading members of the committee on an oversight visit to the South-South regional office of the EFCC in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, stated that it was wrong for one arm of the government (judiciary) to stop another (executive) from performing its constitutional roles.

According to the Law Marker, “The House of Representatives has done its bit on the amendment to the EFCC Act. It has come to us. The amendments effected in the House of Representatives were not exhaustive. We are going to look into this issue (perpetual injunction) with a view to correcting it. Nobody should stop an organ of government from performing its duties. We want to empower them (EFCC) to work. They cannot work with one hand tied to the back. We are going to ensure that everything is done in accordance with the rule of law. Nobody should be shortchanged.”

SOURCE: THE PUNCH

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