The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debunked media reports linking its investigations of a businesswoman, Mrs Aisha Achimugu, with political undercurrents involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The EFFC added that the investigations of Achimugu have no correlation of any kind with the two political actors, insisting she is being investigated for alleged criminal conspiracy and money laundering and has since been declared wanted by the Commission.
The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, stated this in a statement made available to TheIdeal News on Friday while faulting the media reports.
The commission further disclosed that it commenced investigation of Achimugu in 2022, saying that though she approached the court to obtain an injunction restraining the Commission from arresting, investigating, inviting or detaining her for any alleged criminal act, the injunction was challenged and vacated on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
The anti-graft added that the court ruled that “…no court has the power to stop the investigative powers of the Police or EFCC or any agency established under our laws to investigate crimes when there is reasonable suspicion of commission of a crime or ample evidence of commission of an offence by a suspect”.
The statement reads in part, “ The court further upheld the interim order of forfeiture of assets of Achimugu suspected to be proceeds of crime, dismissing her suit against it as lacking merit .
“The foregoing clearly establishes that the EFCC’s case against her has no immediate or remote nexus with any politician or any veiled or open reference to any political engagement or transaction.
“The EFCC is non-partisan and non-sectarian. We enjoin the public to continue to keep faith with the professionalism of the Commission without imputing any extraneous consideration to its works.”
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