BEVERLY HILLS, January 08, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday said it would re-open the investigation of former Rivers State Governor Peter Odili saying the injunction obtained by Odili was being challenged at the Supreme Court.
Acting EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Magu who made this known said subsequent judgments have held that the agency cannot be restrained from investigating anyone.
He spoke with reporters during a visit to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital insisting that the judgment stopping the commission from investigating Odili can not stand.
He said the Commission would track and expose high profile financial crimes in the country.
Magu said Rivers has the second-highest number of money laundering cases after Lagos.
Magu said: “I think Rivers is the next to Lagos in terms of crime. This is the headquarter of money laundering because there is a lot of oil money here.
“I think you can rate Port Harcourt the second to maybe Lagos, maybe because of the large space of oil deals.
“Nothing is going to stop us. Even the issue of the court order allegedly obtained by Dr Peter Odili and co to stop the EFCC from investigation and prosecution is still at the Supreme Court. We are on it.
“I am telling you that, that judgement cannot stand; it will only take some time but it cannot hold and we are going to conclude the investigation.
“There are so many investigations we are doing. I am sure the matter has suffered for about 13 years now. We are going to test it. The matter is in the Supreme Court. We will follow it up.
“That decision that is pending in the Supreme Court cannot hold water again. There is a subsequent judgment that has overridden it.
“Other judgements say nobody, not even a judge, not even the Judiciary, not even the court can stop us from investigating and prosecuting,” he said.
About the Author
