How Buhari stopped EFCC from probing allegations against me – Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo wrote a letter to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate fraud allegations against him but President Muhammadu Buhari stopped the probe.

In 2018, the house of representatives ad hoc committee on emergency and disaster preparedness indicted the governing board of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

The board, chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, was accused of illegal approval of the N5.8 billion north-east intervention fund.

A member of the house of representatives had also alleged that some of his colleagues are collating signatures to commence the impeachment of the vice president.

Also in 2020, the vice president was alleged to have collected N4 billion from Ibrahim Magu, former acting chairman of the EFCC.

Osinbajo had described the claim as “baseless” and asked Mohammed Adamu, former inspector-general of police (IGP), to investigate the allegation.

Speaking on Friday while proposing a toast at a private dinner to celebrate Buhari’s 80th birthday, Osinbajo said the president was able to calm him down when the allegations made him angry.

“One day, I went to him because there were some allegations that were made against me,” he said.

“And I was so angry; so I went to him to show him the letter I had written to the EFCC to investigate.

“He looked at it and looked at me because he calls me VP or professor depending on his mood.