Odili secured a perpetual injunction restraining the EFCC from prosecuting or arresting him but the Senate has moved to amend the EFCC act that will allow the anti-graft agency carry out its duty.
Vanguard reports that Senator Chukwuka Utazi who is the chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes disclosed this in Port Harcourt when he led other committee members on a surprise oversight visit to the South-South regional office of the anti-graft agency.
The senator revealed that the amendment of the act will upturn the perpetual injunction.
Odili who served as governor of Rivers State between 1999 and 2007 was accused of misappropriating N100 billion.
Utazi said it was wrong from one arm of government to prevent the other arm from carrying out its duty and assured that the amendment would allow the EFCC by-pass the injunction.
Mr. Ishaq Salihu who is the EFCC coordinator in the south south had asked the Senate to assist in reopening the investigation and possibly prosecuting Odili.
Utazi said: “The House of Representatives has done its bit on the amendment of EFCC Act. It has come to us. The amendments effected in the House of Representatives were not exhaustive. We are going to look into this (issuance of perpetual injunction) issue with a view to correcting it.
“Nobody should stop an organ of government from performing its duties. We want to empower them (EFCC) to work. They cannot work with one hand tied to the back.
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