Peter Odili, former governor of Rivers state has not escaped probe for alleged money laundering, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Tuesday during a visit to Port Harcourt.
According to him, the investigation into allegations of money laundering against the former governor would be reopened.
Recall that in 2007, Odili, whose wife, Mary, now sits at the Supreme Court as a justice, got a court injunction preventing the EFCC from investigating or arresting him.
The court order also restrained the anti-graft agency from probing the finances of the Rivers state government.
But Magu said the commission has appealed against the injunction and the matter still pending at the Supreme Court.
He however hinted that subsequent judgments of the courts say the EFCC cannot be restrained from investigating anyone.
Magu said, “Nothing is going to stop us. Even the issue of the court order allegedly obtained by Dr Peter Odili and co to stop the EFCC from investigation and prosecution is still at the Supreme Court. We are on it.
“I am telling you that, that judgement cannot stand; it will only take some time but it cannot hold and we are going to conclude the investigation.
“There are so many investigations we are doing. I am sure the matter has suffered for about 13 years now. We are going to test it. The matter is in the Supreme Court. We will follow it up.
“That decision that is pending in the Supreme Court cannot hold water again. There is a subsequent judgment that has overridden it.
“Other judgments say nobody, not even a judge, not even the Judiciary, not even the court can stop us from investigating and prosecuting.”
The acting EFCC chairman hinted that Rivers has the second-highest number of money laundering cases after Lagos.
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