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Open Letter To The Executive Chairman, Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

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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;"rHkEOrBD" 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>Dear EFCC Chairman&comma;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"LCRGMuSj" 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>Re&colon; Urgent Call for Investigation into the Conduct of EFCC Kaduna Zonal Command<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I respectfully write to draw your urgent attention to serious irregularities&comma; unlawful actions&comma; and deliberate misconduct being carried out by officials of the EFCC Kaduna Zonal Directorate&comma; which are tarnishing the integrity and credibility of the Commission&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sir&comma; the EFCC team in Kaduna&comma; including the Director and several sectional heads&comma; have engaged in actions that not only undermine the Commission’s mandate but also violate the principles of fairness&comma; justice&comma; and due process&period; I humbly appeal for your direct intervention to investigate the activities of the Kaduna office&comma; as I possess solid evidence of their misconduct&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"H29B4CR6" 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>The EFCC in Kaduna claimed to be investigating an alleged &ast;&ast;₦30 billion case&ast;&ast; against me&comma; &ast;Dr&period; Bashir Ibrahim Bello&ast;&comma; my company &ast;Formal Act Legacy Ltd&period;&ast;&comma; and our donors&comma; &ast;United Charity Foundation &lpar;UCF-FICOD&rpar;&ast;&period; However&comma; rather than conducting a transparent investigation&comma; the Kaduna Directorate created &ast;&ast;unsubstantiated and unnecessary charges&ast;&ast;&comma; including&colon;<&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;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&ast; A &ast;&ast;₦10 million charge&ast;&ast; involving a company that legitimately supplied &ast;four Hilux vehicles&ast; and completed &ast;four solar-powered boreholes&ast; for four communities—fully executed and paid for since early 2023&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Charges relating to official vehicles sponsored by &ast;&ast;Wema Bank&ast;&ast;&comma; for which Formal Act Legacy has been servicing the loan for over two years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Additional &ast;&ast;₦54 million and ₦37 million charges&ast;&ast; that are completely mischievous&comma; baseless&comma; and unrelated to the real issues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sir&comma; these false charges are a distraction&period; The real issue is simple&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast;&ast;Contractors have executed projects and supplied drugs&comma; hospital beds&comma; and equipment for free medical outreaches across communities—yet many of them have not been paid&period;&ast;&ast;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Instead of focusing on why these contractors remain unpaid&comma; EFCC Kaduna is fixated on fabricating charges over a donor-funded project designed to benefit all &ast;&ast;774 Local Government Areas&ast;&ast; in Nigeria in line with Mr&period; President’s development agenda&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I respectfully ask&colon; &ast;&ast;Will you&comma; as Chairman&comma; fold your arms and allow this injustice to continue—knowing fully well that Mr&period; President entrusted you with this sensitive national assignment because of your integrity&comma; competence&comma; and loyalty&quest;&ast;&ast; I believe the answer is no&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sir&comma; I am a committed member of the APC&comma; and I know the level of trust Mr&period; President has placed in your leadership&period; I therefore appeal that you look into this matter objectively and grant all parties fair hearing and justice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CC&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;– Chairman&comma; Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption<br &sol;>&NewLine;– National Security Adviser<br &sol;>&NewLine;– National Human Rights Commission<br &sol;>&NewLine;– Others as appropriate<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thank you for your attention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Signed&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr&period; Bashir Ibrahim Bello<br &sol;>&NewLine;MD&sol;CEO&comma; Formal Act Legacy Ltd and<br &sol;>&NewLine;African Sub-Regional Coordinator&comma; United Charity Foundation &lpar;UCF-FICOD&rpar;<&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; 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