Mompha Responds to EFCC's Challenge, Accuses Agency of Corruption and Misconduct

 Socialite Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha, has responded to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after the agency challenged him to substantiate his claims that they are the most corrupt agency in Nigeria.

Last week, a witness in Mompha's money laundering trial alleged that N35 billion was found in Mompha’s accounts.

In reaction to the witness's comments, Mompha took to his Instagram page, branding the commission "the most useless and corrupt Nigeria government agency." Subsequently, the EFCC issued a statement demanding that Mompha provide evidence to back his corruption allegations.

Mompha has now responded with a statement criticizing the EFCC. He argued that the commission’s decision to engage with his social media post demonstrated their "uselessness and joblessness."

Read the full statement below:

"My attention has once again been drawn to the social media tantrum of the EFCC demanding that I prove corruption allegations against them. The fact that the commission, particularly their chairman, could stoop so low to respond to my post shows clearly how useless and jobless the EFCC is and how they waste taxpayers' money on exchanging banters on social media.

I won’t bother to dwell on the trumped-up charges that were concocted against me for personal gain by some of their corrupt officials and mere media trials, because the facts speak for themselves. Instead, I will focus on how useless this commission is under the leadership of the Chairman.

Why did the EFCC, on Friday, 5th of July, 2024, step outside of their constitutional duty and deploy armed men on the streets of Lagos and Abuja to prevent citizens from protesting against the corruption displayed by the EFCC? This action infringed on their fundamental right to lawful protest and prevented innocent citizens from going about their lawful business.

Another example is beating up innocent citizens during their illegal night raids (we all saw what happened in Ondo state and recently in Lagos, which the commission reluctantly admitted on its social media platform).

Now back to my case: the EFCC claims they have 'overwhelming evidence of my involvement in money laundering.' However, the question is: who is this faceless person I allegedly laundered money for? Does this person not have a name? Did you mention the name of the person in the trumped-up charges before the court?

Your commission is clearly the one drowning and clutching at any straw. You quickly rushed to the media to post one side of the evidence of your witness in court, even though he was yet to be cross-examined, just to gain social media trend with my name. All he said in court were lies with no evidential proof, which will come to light on the next court date. To confirm how useless they are again, they will reply to me again, and I will be waiting with more proof @officialefcc."