By Simon Ebegbulem

BENIN—THE Edo Unity League has described the freezing of the accounts of Chief Mike Ozekhome’s chambers by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, via a court order, as a glaring case of vendetta because of the number of cases the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, was handling for the governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose.

In a letter to acting President Yemi Osinbanjo,  by the National Secretary of the group, Mr Johnbull Edoimioya, the group appealed to the Federal Government to ensure that the EFCC was not used as a tool of vendetta against perceived opposition leaders, which, according to it, was capable of destroying the ongoing war against corruption that most Nigerians are happy about.

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According to the letter, “The said sum of N75 million was legitimately and legally transferred to Mike Ozekhome’s Chambers’ account from the same account from which Governor Fayose also withdrew N5 million on the same date, after the account had been defrozen and made operational by an order of the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, presided over by Justice Taiwo O. Taiwo.

“In appreciation of the volatile mood of the nation, we have resolved to restrain our members and other concerned Niger Deltans from street protests or processions, which could inflame the already tensed religious, ethnic and political divides in our country.”

We hope our resort to peaceful expression of our anger through this open letter will not be misinterpreted as a tacit approval of the apparent vindictiveness of our esteemed son and brother who has defeated the EFCC over five times in court as attorney on behalf of his clients, in the last one year, with the latest case being in January, wherein the agency was indicted and ordered to pay the sum of N6 million as damages for its illegal arrest and detention of one Mr Sylvanus Okpetu.”

He has also fought against other tendencies deemed antithetical to law and order,” the group said.