Soludo Cleared Of Currency Printing Allegations by EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) yesterday, cleared the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Charles Soludo, of any wrong doing in the polymer currency printing scandal.
Stating this while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja, yesterday, the EFCC chairman,  Ibrahim Lamorde, cleared the air on the status of the investigation into the polymer note scam for which Soludo was questioned by the agency.
According to him,

 “Soludo was cleared as no wrong doing was established against him by the investigation.”
Also, responding to a question about politicians who have cases to answer but were still involved in the electioneering process, the chairman opined that our laws need to be amended in a way that would presume suspects guilty until proven otherwise.  According to him, when this is done, suspects would have to be acquitted of the charges against them before being appointed into positions of authorities.
Lamorde also described as rumour, news that made the rounds over the weekend that the commission was planning to arrest leaders of a political party and debunked fake letter in circulation claiming that the EFCC was investigating a former minister of education.
“I like to sound a note of warning here that the commission will no longer tolerate people dropping its name to further their political ends. The EFCC is not a political body and will not allow itself to be dragged into any political fray by desperate politicians,” Lamorde warned.
According to him, “The EFCC does not need the prompting of anybody to open investigation against anyone that has violated the law. It does the nation no good when politicians seek to use the name of the commission to further their political objectives.”