They made specific reference to the case of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.
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The activists condemned the fact that the EFCC chairman failed to provide any documentary evidence of an official invitation sent to former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.
This is coming almost 24 hours after a news conference where over 80 CSOs cautioned against the protest.
The CSOs, Coalition for Peace In Nigeria (COPIN) and Iconoclast Media raised the alarm in a statement issued on Monday, in Abuja.
The CSOs made the call at a news conference to commemorate the 2023 World Toilet Day (WTD).
Beatrice Jedy-Agba, the Solicitor-General of the Federation, made the remarks at the 4th Cycle of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) engagement with stakeholders in Abuja.
A Coalition of 49 Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria has urged the acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to uphold the rule of law by releasing Theodore Chinonso Uba, aka Nonso Nkwa, who has been in detention for 15 days and still counting.
The coalition made the call in a statement signed by its Lead Convener, Dr. Basil Musa and Co-Convener, Haruna Maigida.
They were given the advice at a two-day capacity building workshop for members of the Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA), Friday in Abuja.
The CNPP and the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja and jointly signed by the CNPP Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu and the National Secretary of the CNCSOs, Alhaji Ali Abacha, the groups noted that from their investigations, “allegations against the EFCC chairman were mere concoctions and at best, imaginary.”
The coalition, comprising of no fewer than 38 CSOs included; Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, Say no Campaign, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), Connected Development Budget; among others made the call at a news conference on the state of the nation in Abuja.
Leaders of the Anti-corruption groups, who began what they described as a “Week Long Protest Against Politicisation of the EFCC, Disobedience of Court Orders and Infringement on Human Rights of Nigerians” on Friday, said many CSOs called to join the struggle after the maiden press conference held in Lagos.
The Kaduna State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (Kaduna RUWASSA) has taken steps to strengthen partnership with Civil Society Organisations and media in the implementation of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes.
The CSOs stated their position in a joint statement in which they expressed outrage on the demand of the union.
The admonition came during a two-day Training Workshop organised by the USAID- State Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness, State2State Activity for its six project Sub-grantees and other selected CSOs in Ebonyi State.
Speaking at the capacity building in Abuja Monday, the facilitator of the programme, Dr Grace Dafiel, said that the aim of the training was to ensure effective accountability and sustainability of the school feeding programme.
The CSOs in a statement Friday, recalled that political parties had earlier appealed to INEC to change the electoral time table released on February 26, due to some reasons.
The team lead of the CSOs, Suleiman Ahmed, made the call during an Advocacy to the Bauchi State Ministry of Education in Bauchi, the State capital.
A cross section of those who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday said that the country was not ripe for the system.
Ositelu spoke against the backdrop of the current economic doldrums, pervasive insecurity, religious strife and political upheavals