The Digest:
Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, has alleged that the recent detention of Senator Aminu Tambuwal, former governor of Sokoto State, by the EFCC was politically motivated. He accused the Tinubu-led government of weaponizing the anti-corruption fight to weaken the opposition.
Key Points:
- Atiku claims the EFCC’s actions against Tambuwal are a strategy to intimidate opposition members.
- The former VP alleges that corruption charges are used to force opposition figures into the ruling APC.
- He criticized the use of the EFCC for partisan purposes, undermining the agency’s integrity.
- Atiku warned that such tactics threaten Nigeria’s democracy, potentially leading to a one-party state.
- He called for condemnation of the politicization of the fight against corruption.
- The former VP reaffirmed his commitment to resisting political coercion.
- Atiku urges civil society and international bodies to reject the misuse of anti-corruption efforts.
Atiku Abubakar has voiced concern over the EFCC’s politically motivated actions against opposition figures, particularly the detention of Aminu Tambuwal, warning that it could lead to a dictatorship and urging Nigeria to reject such manipulative tactics.
