Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has accused the EFCC of abandoning its statutory mandate and transforming into the official attack dog of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, using selective arrests and investigations to crush the opposition ahead of the 2027 general election.
In a statement, on Tuesday, HURIWA said the EFCC interrogation and detention of Tambuwal over alleged fraudulent cash withdrawals amounting to ₦189 billion, was nothing more than a politically-orchestrated smokescreen designed to intimidate and fracture the opposition coalition movement determined to unseat Tinubu in 2027.
National Coordinator of the association, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA condemned what it described as “a calculated pattern of harassment” against prominent figures in the African Democratic Congress (ADC)-led opposition coalition, which recently announced its readiness to challenge Tinubu’s re-election bid.
HURIWA said far from being an impartial anti-corruption agency, the EFCC has become “an indispensable cog in the machinery of Tinubu’s desperate and crooked quest for a second term in office.
“Every discerning Nigerian can see the handwriting on the wall. The EFCC is no longer the fearless watchdog envisioned by law; it has been reduced to an obedient lapdog, deployed to do the dirty political work of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“What we are witnessing is not the fight against corruption, but the weaponisation of anti-graft powers to intimidate, blackmail, and dismember the opposition,” HURIWA stated.
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