The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has said it is closely monitoring the spending patterns of top politicians in order to forestall a situation where they would use funds to influence the electoral process.
Chairman of the EFCC, AbdulRasheed Bawa, said the commission is being careful not to invite some of them for questioning in order not to be misconstrued as political witch-hunting.
He confirmed that there are a number of petitions already before the commission against some key political figures which the anti-graft agency is critically looking into currently.
Confirming the development yesterday, while featuring at the weekly briefings coordinated by the Presidential Media Team at the State House, Abuja, he said the Petitions Vetting Desk/Committee of EFCC, comprising experienced officers from the Legal Department as well as those trained to investigate such petitions are currently reviewing these petitions with a view to seeing whether they have merits that will warrant prosecution.
According to Bawa, the EFCC is working on every petition directed to it to establish the veracity of such a petition, stressing that the anti-graft agency which he leads is poised to work for the interest of Nigerians without fear or favour.
