Go After Corrupt Nigerians Without Fear or Favour, NIREC and Sultan Tell EFCC
• Many pastors, imams facing corruption charges, says EFCC Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) and President-General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and Sultan of Sokoto,
NIREC brings together Nigeria's Christian and Muslim leadership under the Sultan of Sokoto and the Christian Association of Nigeria to speak with one voice on national issues, so a joint call for unrestrained anti-corruption enforcement carries added weight as a message to the political class. The intervention comes as the EFCC has disclosed that clergy themselves, including pastors and imams, are among those facing corruption-related charges, suggesting the anti-graft push is being framed as one that should not spare religious figures despite their moral authority in society.
The call also lands amid recurring public debate over whether Nigeria's anti-corruption agencies pursue cases evenly across political and religious lines or selectively target certain individuals, making the "without fear or favour" framing significant.