In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, the Commission revealed that a group has been actively campaigning on social media, recruiting impressionable young Nigerians, including students, to take up “arms” against the EFCC in recent days.
The Commission described the campaign as an insidious effort, promoted as resistance to its operational activities, particularly regarding the enforcement of laws against cybercrimes.
“The Commission, while not averse to protests by citizens, is alarmed by emerging evidence suggesting a grand design by corrupt elements under investigation or prosecution to exploit the so-called protest to orchestrate a national uprising that may threaten the peace and security of our dear nation,” the statement read.
“As a responsible law enforcement organization, the Commission will not tolerate any breakdown of law and order anywhere in the country, especially around its office locations across Nigeria. EFCC, working in concert with sister security agencies, is therefore taking necessary measures to deal with possible threats to the peace and security of Nigeria.”
The Commission also appealed to parents, guardians, and heads of tertiary institutions to ensure their wards are not recruited as cannon fodder in a proxy war against the EFCC by vested corrupt interests.
“The war being waged by the Commission against corruption and cybercrime is to protect the future of the youth of this country. That future is imperiled if Nigeria degenerates further in global reckoning as a den of fraudsters,” it added.
