EFCC has no power to prosecute Naira abusers – Odinkalu

Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission,
NHRC, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, does not have the powers to prosecute Naira abusers.

He berated the anti-graft agency for arresting crossdresser
Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju (alias Bobrisky), who was convicted and jailed for six
months for the offense.

According to him, spraying of the Naira does not fall within
the Commission’s prosecutorial purview.

“The law that establishes the EFCC defines ‘economic and
financial crimes’ to mean ‘non-violent criminal and illicit activity committed
with the objectives of earning wealth illegally either individually or in a
group or organized manner thereby violating existing legislation governing the
economic activities of government and its administration,” Odinkalu stated.