Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, has told members of opposition parties under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prove their innocence rather than blackmailing President Bola Tinubu.
Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker and member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council, said in Osogbo on Sunday that the EFCC has a statutory mandate to investigate financial infractions against public office holders across party lines without bias or favouritism.
He noted that the investigations being carried out on some former opposition governors and political appointees were based on petitions against them, describing the process as constitutional and in line with international best practices.
According to him, being a member of the opposition should not be seen as immunity from investigation, as members of the ruling APC were also being investigated whenever petitions were raised against them.
He said linking the President to the investigation of alleged financial infractions by opposition members in the name of politics was totally wrong.
The APC chieftain said that neither Tinubu nor the anti-graft agency would be swayed by unfounded allegations of witch-hunting but would rather continue to do what is right and just for the country.
Oyintiloye said, “I want to caution members of the opposition parties to stop politicizing what the EFCC is doing and prove their innocence, if any.
“President Tinubu is a man of honour and integrity, and he will not compromise his ideals in the name of politics. So, it is no longer business as usual. More of corrupt politicians hiding in opposition parties with the intent to blackmail the President to get themselves off the hook will still be arrested. No room for graft under Tinubu administration.”
