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CSO Appeals To PMB,Bawa To Curb Excesses Of Ilorin EFCC Zonal Head

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Us9YzFBy" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>A Civil Society Organization&comma; &lpar;CSO&rpar;&comma; Social Integrity Network&comma; &lpar;SINET&rpar; has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Executive Chairman&comma; Economic and Financial Crimes Commission&comma; &lpar;EFCC&rpar;&comma; Mr&period; Abdulrashid Bawa to check the excesses of the Ilorin Zonal Head of the agency&comma; Michael Nzekwe&comma; over what they termed as witch-hunt of investors in Kwara State&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"O3KQCDji" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Group noted that as part of the backward integration policy of the federal government&comma; it is expected of manufacturers to depend heavily on the solid minerals available in the land for production processes among others<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At a press conference held in Lagos on Thursday by its national coordinator&comma; Mr&period; Oluseyi Adedoyin&comma; the CSO expressed sadness over the unfortunate incidence of unlawful arrest of legal Miners in Kwara State by the EFCC calling on President Muhammadu Buhari and the EFCC Chairman&comma; Mr&period; Abdulrashid Bawa to order urgent replacement of Mr&period; Michael Nzekwe with immediate effect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>SINET also attributed the continuous arrest of innocent investors both locals and foreigners to an act tantamount to abuse of power&comma; deliberate attempt to impoverish the state by chasing prospective investors from the state stressing&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Mr&period; Nzekwe is fanning the ’ember’ of crises in the state&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It was gathered that Micheal Nzekwe was dismissed in February&comma; 2014 by EFCC for desertion which is a serious offence against discipline going by the provisions of Section 43&lpar;e&rpar; &lpar;i&rpar; of the EFCC Staff Regulation which states that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Any officer who willfully absents for twenty one &lpar;21&rpar; consecutive days shall be guilty of the offense of desertion and shall be dismissed from the Commission as a deserter&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"2DXnF9Z6" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>According to the EFCC statement of defense&comma; he was directed to seek approval for his casual leave of 7 days before travelling overseas which he did not and later absconded for 21 days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A source at the commission said he has a record of not obeying constituted authority&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;21&sol;efcc-to-arraign-idris-on-friday&sol;">EFCC To Arraign Idris On Friday<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He contested his dismissal at the National Industrial Court and was ordered to be reinstated in October&comma; 2015&comma; according to the judge&comma; he should have be tried and punished on disciplinary offences as provided by the rules&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Oluseyi Adedoyin &comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He doesn’t honour the licenses and documents issued by the Federal Ministry of Mining and the Mining Cadastral&comma; being the agency in- charge of authorization of mining activities in the country&period; He doesn’t respect anybody and he is already over stepping his boundaries and perpetrating huge sum of tribalism and religious sentiments in the state&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He spares Igbo of any offence the commit and ensure that he victimise people of other tribes&period; That has being his stock in trade since his assumption of office in April 2022&period; We are in support of EFCC going after Internet fraudsters&comma; financial crimes offenders and cybercrime thieves but we are totally against creating religions crises and ethnicity in the state&period; Don’t let foreign investors desert our land&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He further stressed that&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nigerians are guided by laws and not by anyone’s assumption&period; Let Mr&period; Nzekwe respects the law and stop harassing innocent souls&period; His conducts does not actually reflect nor portray the ethics of a patriotic Nigerian&period; All his acts are unwarranted&comma; unacceptable&comma; and totally condemnable&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; 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