US-based Nollywood actress Georgina Onuoha has weighed in on the issue bordering on the arrest of Azeez Fashola, better known as Naira Marley, and called on the EFCC to pardon the rapper.
While stating that she does not anyway condone cybercrime, Georgina said in as much the anti-graft agency is bent on flashing out criminals in the system, it should consider the hardship among the youth and “temper justice with mercy.”
This is coming just a day after veteran singer Daddy Showkey slammed the EFCC to leave Marley and go after individuals that have looted the country’s money.
In a similar vein, she implored the EFCC to use the same force it’s applying on Naira Marley to also arrest politicians and public officials “causing untold hardship on the Nigerian citizenry.”
In a lengthy post on her Instagram handle, Georgina lamented that the citizens “deserve better from the government” in terms of “good governance and accountability.”
She noted that it is the only way to “eradicate this pandemic scam ravaging our society and image locally and internationally.”
Read the full post below
“I don’t know this young man.
I believe everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
I condemn any form of crime.
I condemn cyber crimes
My family have been victims of frauds and the pain caused is always palpable.
“That being said, I hope our young men and women will begin to do the needful by speaking up and standing up to their elected officials and demand better governance and accountability so we can eradicate this pandemic “ scam” ravaging our society and image locally and internationally.
Please guys, the time and talent wasted in cybercrime and other forms of crime can be used well.
“Nigerian youths deserve better from their government. What happened in Sudan and Arab spring will come to our shores if our elected officials and politicians don’t begin to address the hunger, poverty and joblessness amongst Nigerian youths.
“I don’t know this young and I pray for him that they tamper justice with mercy. @officialefcc, I will be more than glad if you start arresting our politicians who are looting our National treasury this way.
“I hope you show this same show of force to the cabals causing untold hardship on the Nigerian citizenry.
“I hope you hold every criminal in Nigeria accountable like this.
If you use this amount of security and force on this young man according to your policy and procedures, I hope every politician and public office holders who steal from our treasury will be treated like this , so that equal justice will be served under the law.
“Our society is so corrupt and sadly, the legal system works differently depending on your social political status.”
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source jivenaija.com
