My name is Abdullahi Ishaq, an operative staff of the EFCC; I was indicted, dismissed and arraigned in court in 2012/2013 by the former EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Lamorde as a result of a petition written against me by one DCP Mohammed Wakili who was investigating all pension cases in EFCC.
The petitioner alleged me of relating with a pension suspects. Considering the predicament I found myself as well as the internal corruption ravaging the EFCC, I am appealing to President Buhari and the Minister of Justice to as a matter of urgent National importance to cause investigation and review my dismissal as well as over 20 Regular staffs who were dismissed by the sane Ibrahim Lamorde led EFCC.
My dismissal and that of my colleagues was mere witch hunt and persecution by the EFCC Police who are the principal officers. While I was on suspension in 2012, My petitioner DCP Wakili who was handling pension cases deliberately connived, using my name that I travelled to Atlanta, America for pension biometric exercise Which led to Senate committee on pension invites me to appear and defend myself, it was alleged that somebody used my name and collect the estacode of over a million.
Similarly when the EFCC Management invite me to appear at its Disciplinary committee in 2013, I went only to discover my petitioner was in attendance which was unfair, after 2 weeks of my appearance, the sent my dismissal letter but I refused to acknowledged it as well as returning my identity card.
As a result of receiving the dismissal letter, I then wrote a petition letter to the Former NSA Sambo Dasuki’s office and that of the Attorney General intimating them the injustice and corruption in EFCC, these led the EFCC to go to Kaduna and arrest me in hospital in the presence of my wife who was recuperating from a Caeserian Section Delivery theatre in 2013, detained me for 2 weeks and arraigned me in FCT High court.
Their plan was to criminalize me by publishing me in all the National dailies so that the entire petitions I wrote against them would be frustrated. The former NSA commenced investigation on my matter by sending Colonel Bello Fadile, rtd, to the EFCC, he also invited me twice but due to the fact that some police men who worked previously in EFCC, who also are Lamorde’s boys succeeded in frustrating my petitions in the NSA office. I wish to bring to the notice of President Buhari that Mr. Lamorde, DCP Mohammed Wakili and team have extorted million of money and properties from the pension’s suspects.
However, all the principal police officers in EFCC are seriously engaged in extorting Millions from high profile cases under investigations, as well as awarding contracts without recourse to due process. The EFCC police have marginalized the Regular staffs by occupying the system. All those indicted and dismissed are only Regular Staffs’ Any time a police officer erred, the EFCC management will just redeployed him back without prosecuting him.
We are appealing to president Buhari to save our career by reinstating us to service; we also have a lot of submission to be made at the senate committee probing Larnorde and any other committee that may be inaugurated to investigate EFCC activities particularly on pension and subsidy investigations.
The era of corruption and impunity is over in EFCC. President Buhari should also understand that all the cases that has been frustrated or lost in courts is a result of the inability senior police officers of not thoroughly investigated cases as well as providing substantial evidences that could lead to convictions, However, I once again appeal to our able president to come to our rescue and review all regular staffs dismissal from 2011 to date. The President should also cause investigations on all principal officers in EFCC particularly Ibrahim Lamorde and DCP. Mohammed Wakili who investigated pension cases where billions was diverted.
Signed:
Abdullahi Ishaq.
