The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Ibrahim Magu, has said that the commission intervened in the general elections to prevent the moneybags from determining the emergence of irresponsible politicians at the polls.
Magu stated this in Kampala, Uganda, during the ongoing Ninth Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa. He added that the agency secured one hundred and eighty nine convictions in 2017 and recovered four hundred and thirty seven billion naira, ninety eight million dollars, seven million euros and two hundred and ninety four thousand pounds.
On inter-agency relationships, Magu said the commission strives to assist other government agencies in tackling corruption. The quest in 2018 saw the commission assist the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS to recover six point three billion naira in unremitted tax revenues.
In his paper titled: Creative Initiatives In The Fight Against Corruption In Nigeria, Magu noted that the EFCC’s intervention during the Presidential and National Assembly elections of March 9th and the gubernatorial and states Assembly polls on March 23rd paid off with positive results.
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