{"id":80987,"date":"2021-05-21T00:02:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T23:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=80987"},"modified":"2021-05-21T00:02:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T23:02:01","slug":"pdp-senate-caucus-ask-efcc-to-keep-off-partys-nwc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pdp-senate-caucus-ask-efcc-to-keep-off-partys-nwc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Senate Caucus Ask EFCC to Keep off Party&#8217;s NWC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">..Pass Vote of Confidence in NWC<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the Senate has cautioned the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to be wary of being used to stifle opposition in the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The caucus at its meeting in Abuja\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">on Wednesday night<\/a>\u00a0also said it is happy with the level of accountability and transparency in the running of the affairs of the PDP and accordingly passed an implicit vote of confidence on the Prince Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The lawmakers who met at the residence of the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe warned the EFCC against usurping the statutory functions of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) whose functions include the monitoring of finances of political parties.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It is the exclusive legal preserve of the INEC to monitor the finances of the political parties and how they manage same. So the law is clear, that it is the function of the INEC to do so and not the EFCC. It is therefore preposterous for the anti-graft agency to invite the NWC of PDP over a phantom petition by an individual without recourse to what the law says in the circumstance. It is a misnomer and an aberration,&#8221; the caucus declares.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Continuing, the PDP Senators said that it sees the latest EFCC meddling in the affairs of the PDP as a clear usurpation of powers that it does not have and a deliberate ploy to stifle opposition in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The caucus added that Nigeria is a democracy and not a totalitarian state. Agencies of government it said should confine themselves to their statutory functions and not meddle into areas outside their assigned jurisdiction.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It is not the role of EFCC to look into the finances of a political party as that is clearly the function of INEC. So if INEC has any issues with the party&#8217;s finances, they can raise query to that effect.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Agencies of government must set the pace with respect to the rule of law. EFCC already has her hands full with other commitments and as such must not delve into areas that is way out of its statutory functions&#8221;, the caucus further declares.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The PDP Senators therefore, asked the NWC not to be deterred by the illegal invitation by the EFCC and should rather continue performing its functions by giving vent to all organs of the party to play their role as the major opposition at this critical time in our dear country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>..Pass Vote of Confidence in NWC Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the Senate has cautioned the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to be wary of being used to&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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