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The Chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday denied allegations
that the commission was shielding the principal officers of the House
implicated in the N2.3 billion car scandal.

Farida Waziri, however, disclosed that a report on the alleged scandal has been sent to the Commission’s legal unit for advice.

Mrs Waziri said
this at a briefing for journalists in Abuja to mark her second year in
office, adding that there is no sacred cow when it comes to the
anti-corruption campaign. She also denied allegations that the
Presidency was trying to use the report as a weapon of blackmail
against the House.

“I don’t think the Presidency will want to use it to blackmail. You know the Presidency believes in the rule of law,” she said.

On the alleged
royal treatment given to Nasir El-Rufai, a former Federal Capital
Territory minister, the EFCC chairman denied being influenced by
Goodluck Jonathan.

“I took into
consideration that he willingly reported to the EFCC and we arraigned
him in court accordingly. There was nothing more we could do.” She
added that the EFCC had embarked on the probe of another $15 million
transcontinental fraud case involving Daimler and ANAMMCO automobile
firm.

“We opened investigations into the Daimler/Anammco scam recently,
following a judgment in the U.S. where some Nigerians were convicted in
relation to the Daimler bribery scam. So far, we have interviewed about
four officials and representatives of Daimler and ANAMMCO in Nigeria.