The
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ondo
State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has urged Buhari to caution the EFCC and urgently
intervene to rescue the country from what he described as the “current gross
abuse of the constitution.”
Reacting
to the reported freezing of Fayose’s account by the EFCC, Mimiko, in a
statement in Akure on Tuesday, said the action of the anti-graft agency had
portrayed the nation as one in crisis.
The
Ondo State governor argued that the EFCC could not “interfere with the account
of a sitting governor,” saying such action would run contrary to Section 308 of
the Nigerian Constitution.
According
to him, if the intention was to suggest any criminal infraction or fraud
against the governor, the agency should have sheathed its sword until Fayose
vacated office.
“What
has happened is a blatant and violent infraction of the provisions of the
constitution and our democracy.
“It’s
an attempt to subvert the constitution and it is fascist. The intention is to
achieve a penal sanction without going through the due criminal procedure and
criminal proceedings,” Mimiko added.
He warned
that the country was beginning to manifest the signs of totalitarianism,
arguing that the account of any individual could only be frozen after an order
by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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