Exhibit EFCC3 is the visitor’s register of the Respondents Sokoto Zonal
Office showing the name of the Applicant as No. 59 who entered the
Zonal Office at 12:56 and left at about 1:15pm.
Exhibit EFCC4 is the Petition written by one Dr. Hassan A. Bodinga of
the Department of Veterinary Surgery, Usman Danfodiyo University
Sokoto captioned “Petition against Haliru Abdullahi.”
In Exhibit EFCC4, the Complainant alleged that his complaint against the
Applicant, was in connection with the commission of Criminal Breach of
Trust.
It is trite law that every person has the right to make a complaint against
any person whom he believed to have committed an offence before the
EFCC, and the EFCC has a corresponding obligation to receive
complaints.
- Onah V. Okenwa (2010) 7 NWLR pt. 1194 p. 512 at 536.
- Section 38(1) of the EFCC Establishment Act, 2004.
By the provisions of Sections 6(b), 7(1)(a) and 41 of the EFCC
Establishment Act, 2004, the Commission has been empowered to handle
all financial crimes offences as well as invite any person including the
power to cause an investigation to be conducted as to whether any person
has committed an offence under law relating to financial crimes. The
Respondents having received the petition against the Applicant for the
offence of Criminal Breach of Trust, has no option than to take the
necessary steps as permitted by law.
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