The Senate has said that it would embark on a constitutional amendment that would enable the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate and prosecute serving military officers accused of corruption and other financial crimes.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Emmanuel Udende, stated this on Monday, when members of the committee visited the headquarters of the anti-graft agency in Abuja.
According to the Senate Committee Chairman, most of the challenges faced by the EFCC could be addressed through the constitution and budgetary process.
He decried a situation where the agency can only investigate and prosecute a serving military personnel, after a court-martial.
“The situation where a court rules that a military man cannot be investigated and prosecuted, unless he goes to a court-martial, we think, runs counter to the EFCC Act.
“We thought that we would do that by amendment of the EFCC law itself, so that they will have the powers to do the investigation and do the prosecution”, the lawmaker said.