A pro-democracy group, Human Rights Writers' Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of allegedly using subtle blackmail against a former presidential candidate of the opposition African Liberation Party (ALP), Chief Emmanuel Okereke, on the activities of the National Special Task Force against illegal importation and smuggling of small arms, ammunition and light weapons into Nigeria that had operated since 2010.
The EFCC had in a statement issued on January 27 alleged that Okereke was arrested for allegedly operating an illegal task force, running a recruitment racket, extorting and obtaining money. EFCC-feigned ignorance of the existence of the National anti-arms smuggling task force-a public-private partnership project.
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