EFCC Warns Promoters Of Planned Protest

<h4>EFCC Warns Promoters Of Planned Protest<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission&comma; EFCC&comma; wishes to alert the general public on the plan by a shadowy group to instigate a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;protest” against the Commission&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the last couple of days&comma; the group has been actively campaigning in the social media&comma; recruiting impressionable young Nigerians&comma; including students to take up &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;arms” against the EFCC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This insidious campaign is being promoted as resistance to the operational activities of the Commission especially in respect of the enforcement of the laws dealing with cybercrimes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Commission&comma; while not averse to protests by citizens&comma; is alarmed by emerging evidence that suggest a grand design by corrupt elements under investigation or prosecution by the Commission to exploit the so-called protest to orchestrate a national uprising that may threaten the peace and security of our dear nation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a responsible law enforcement organisation&comma; the Commission will not tolerate any breakdown of law and order anywhere in the country especially around its office locations across Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">EFCC&comma;<&sol;a> working in concert with sister security agencies&comma; is therefore taking necessary measures to deal with possible threats to the peace and security of Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Commission&comma; however&comma; appeals to parents&comma; guardians and heads of tertiary institutions to take responsibility in ensuring that their wards are not recruited to be used as cannon fodder in a proxy war against the Commission by vested corrupt interests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The war being waged by the Commission against corruption and cybercrime is to protect the future of the youth of this country&period; That future is imperiled if Nigeria degenerates further in global reckoning as a den of fraudsters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;