ADC alleges EFCC is APC’s ‘political hit squad’, warns of threat to democracy

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of engaging in politically motivated and selective investigations aimed at intimidating opposition figures.

In a statement on Monday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party alleged that the EFCC was acting as a “political hit squad” for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) instead of functioning as an impartial anti-graft agency.

According to the ADC, several senior members of the opposition coalition had, in recent days, received EFCC summons based on old and previously closed cases. The party claimed these cases were being revived in response to recent political affiliations, with the aim of weakening the opposition ahead of future elections.

“The EFCC was created to apply the law evenly to all—friend or foe, ruling party or opposition. Today, that vision appears to have been compromised,” Abdullahi stated. He alleged that investigations into ruling party members often fade away quietly, while decade-old allegations against opposition leaders are brought back to life.

The statement cited the case of a former governor whose alleged corruption investigations “vanished from public view” after defecting to the APC. This, it said, contrasted sharply with the Commission’s aggressive pursuit of cases against government critics.

The ADC also accused the EFCC of being used to send a chilling message to opposition politicians, warning that such tactics erode public trust in national institutions.

The party urged Nigerians, civil society groups, and the independent media to resist what it described as “the misuse of public institutions for partisan objectives.”

It stressed that the EFCC is a national body funded by taxpayers and must serve all Nigerians equally, not act as “the property of the ruling party.”