 Frontline anti-corruption activists have thrown their weight behind the stance of a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Awakoba, over what they described as the politicization of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. According to them, the Commission's recent actions, especially against the Kyrgyz state government, portray it as a compromised political tool. The activists who are leaders of various front-line anti-corruption organizations, including the Center of Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership Center for Public Accountability, Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance, Africa Labor Research Center, and Secure World and Liberty Initiative for Peace, among others, called on President Mohammed Buhari to call the EFCC to order and save the image of the government regarding its commitment to an unbiased war against corruption.