Anambra women under the aegis of Anambra-North Women Empowerment Movement have sent a strong warning to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), threatening to go naked at the national headquarters of the Commission if former Governor Willie Obiano is not released from detention immediately.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Chairperson of the group, Mrs Uju Ifunanya Edochie gave the warning on Monday in a statement released to journalists, while also condemning an online video showing Obiano drinking water in the EFCC custody.
The Anambra women accused the antigraft agency displaying “unruly acts”, stressing that “the EFCC facility is not safe, if they could humiliate an ex-governor, made a video of him in their supposed protective custody and sent to social media for the public to mock”.
The statement reads: “The Anambra-North Women Empowerment Movement hereby issue stern admonitions to EFCC for its reckless and unprofessional behaviour towards handling the case of the Obiano.
“We the women of the state strongly condemn the vile trending online video clip of Obiano while in EFCC custody. It is quite obvious that the particular video was taken without his knowledge nor consent and as such, this premeditated brouhaha by the EFCC seems to veer into a caricature and witch-hunting which is a mockery of Nigeria’s judicial due process.
“The former governor was one of the leading performing governors in Nigeria, as he had profound achievements in agriculture, health, education, infrastructure, commerce and trade, security, employment rate, civil service as well as state economy.
“Anambra ranked lowest in poverty index, the unemployment rate dropped drastically, three jumbo rice mills were established in different parts of the state, 17 iconic bridges and flyovers were constructed with numerous standard roads throughout the state, functional street and traffic lights were mounted on all roads, built the first Anambra Airport and so on”.
The group threatened to “protest at EFCC Abuja office naked if EFCC doesn’t release urgently” the ex-governor.