EFCC Officials Should Be Recruited Into The Army - Chigemezu Promise Iheka

After news broke that the EFCC had arrested a female Archbishop over alleged Naira abuse — following a viral video of money being sprayed on a cow in church — one commenter decided to add a sarcastic jab: “EFCC dey really active o, them supposed recruit all of them into the army.”

This kind of comment might sound witty on the surface, but it quietly feeds a dangerous narrative: that institutions should abandon their legal mandates and become tools of force. The EFCC’s job is to enforce financial laws, not to turn into a military wing. Mocking the situation instead of discussing the real issue — accountability in religious spaces and misuse of the Naira — distracts from meaningful conversations.

We can criticize institutions without encouraging them to step outside their roles.

— The Red Flags