On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a resolution to investigate bribery allegations against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), raised by social media influencer Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan.
The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Patrick Umoh, representative of the Ikot Ekpene/Essien Udim/Obot Akara Federal Constituency in Akwa Ibom State.
Umoh voiced concern over the widespread allegations made by VeryDarkMan, accusing the EFCC and NCS of corruption.
The influencer claimed that the EFCC dropped money laundering charges against Idris Okuneye, alias Bobrisky, after receiving a bribe of N15 million.
He said, “The publication alleges that the EFCC dropped money laundry charges against Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky upon collection of the sum of N15,000, 000.
“The publication alleges that Idris Okuneye, upon conviction for abuse and defacing of the Naira, by the court, did not serve his time at the Nigeria Correctional Service, but was lodged outside the confines of the service.
“We are disturbed about the damning allegations against Nigerian critical law enforcement agencies-the EFCC and the NCS established by this hallowed chambers to fight correction and incarcerate persons convicted of crime for correctional purposes respectively.”
After the motion was adopted, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, who presided over the plenary, assigned the matter to the Committees on Financial Crimes and Reformatory Institutions.
The committee is expected to report back to the House within three legislative weeks for further action.
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