{"id":82359,"date":"2021-06-17T17:30:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T16:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=82359"},"modified":"2021-06-17T17:30:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T16:30:53","slug":"dont-muffle-efcc-chairs-death-threat-complaint-minority-reps-warn-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/dont-muffle-efcc-chairs-death-threat-complaint-minority-reps-warn-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Muffle EFCC Chair&#8217;s Death Threat Complaint,\u00a0Minority Reps warn FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has tasked the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Government not to muffle the outcry by the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, that he has been receiving death threats in the course of his duty.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu in a statement, Thursday said the Minority caucus\u00a0is disturbed by the silence of the APC-led Federal Government to this worrisome development.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The opposition lawmakers said the silence by the government\u00a0smacks of attempt to shield corrupt officials within its system, and will hold it responsible should any harm befall the EFCC Chairman.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said, &#8220;Our caucus calls on the EFCC Chairman to go public and expose the names of those threatening him as well as issues of corruption involving such individuals.<\/div>\n<div>We also demand an immediate investigation into the revelation as such threats on the life of the EFCC Chairman cannot be glossed over.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Moreover, the Minority caucus is alarmed over the indictment of a female minister in the APC-led Federal Government for buying a $37.5 million worth property from a bank and deposited $20 million cash.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The minority caucus notes that this revelation by the EFCC is another sad commentary on the monstrous corruption and treasury looting going on in the APC-led administration.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The caucus urges the EFCC Chairman not to be deterred by the threats but to remain focused as well as go ahead to disclose the identities of those behind the threats as well as that of the said minister for appropriate action.&#8221;<\/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>The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has tasked the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Government not to muffle the outcry by the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes&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":82360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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