The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project is happy with the move by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe past governments, starting with that of former president OLUSEGUN OBASANJO on the $16 billion spent on power project.

The EFCC said it is an opportunity for the anti-graft agency to show that former heads of state and other high-ranking public officials are not immune from investigation and prosecution for allegations of grand corruption in Nigeria.

In a statement by its Deputy Director KOLAWOLE OLUWADARE, SERAP says theprobe is something which they have consistently called for.

He said Nigerians have for long been denied justice and opportunity to get to the bottom of why they continue to pay the price for corruption in the electricity sector–staying in darkness, but still made to pay crazy electricity bills.