Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has predicted that chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, may not last long in office.
The first-class monarch sounded the note of warning to the EFCC chairman after the latter promised to go after the presidency, judiciary and legislature in comprehensive probes.
However, Ogunwusi posted that the solution to Nigeria’s problems is devolution of power, arguing that the president and governors are too powerful to be investigated.
In a video shared by the AIT, Olukoyede said the EFCC would commence its operation with the presidency by investigating the financial activities at the Presidential Villa.
He said the anti-graft agency would then move to the National Assembly, particularly the NASS service commission.
The EFCC boss further disclosed that the investigations would be extended to the Federal Judicial Service Commission before moving to the ministries to balance it all.
But the Ooni of Ife described the disclosure of Olukoyede as an innocent statement that could cost him his job, adding that the people he was planning to investigate were so powerful.
He noted that they were the ones that put him there and could remove him.
The traditional ruler called for devolution of power rather than making the president and governors so powerful that it was difficult to investigate them.
Ooni’s statement reads in part:
“The EFCC chairman innocently said something here that he will go after the presidency, he will go after the judiciary; he will go after the legislative arms. I will pray and fast for you; some people have been there before you. Let’s be truthful.”
Watch video below:
Ooni of Ife expresses fears that EFCC Chairman Olukoyede may lose his job pic.twitter.com/nUkbADHhZt
— AIT (@AIT_Online) February 1, 2024
