Magu raises alarm, says the cabal profiting from corruption in Nigeria are desperate to shut EFCC down (photos, video)
- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) led Nigerians in an anti-corruption walk across the nation today, Tuesday, May 23
- EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu used the opportunity to address some issues regarding the fight against corruption
- Magu stated that Nigeria is at a critical juncture in the fight against corruption
The EFCC led Nigerians in an anti-corruption walk across the nation today, Tuesday, May 23.
Addressing some issues regarding the fight against corruption, the EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, lamented that despite the efforts of the EFCC, the patrons of corruption are plotting how to continue the looting.
His words: “A band of corrupt elites threatened by momentum of the anti-graft war wants to derail the process.
“They are deadly, and without remorse, they plot and scheme to defeat the anti-corruption and take the country back to the dark days when corruption and impunity reigns supreme.”
The EFCC Abuja anti-corruption walk was successful and well attended
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Magu stated that Nigeria is at a critical juncture in the fight against corruption, stressing that more gains have been recorded in the last two years.
He said these gains are attested to by the massive recovery of stolen assets, and conviction of some high profile corruption suspects, adding that the reign of impunity in the conduct of public affairs has been checked to a considerable extent by taking on the high and mighty in all sectors.
He added that the EFCC has proven that there is no sacred cow in the fight against corruption, even as he praised President Muhammadu Buhari for not interfering in the operations of the anti-graft agencies.
Taking another jab at those he described as the enemies of Nigeria, Magu said: “When most of us who feel the pain of corruption are asking for bigger convictions, the cabal profiteering from corruption will want the campaign watered down.
“When many Nigerians are calling for stiffer punishments for corrupt, the patrons of corruption are saying it does not pay to punish the corrupt when we are sweating in the sun to express our collective hatred for corruption; they are busy in their ACs in their mansions plotting how to continue the looting.”
EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu addressing participants at the march
The EFCC boss declared that the days of impunity are gone forever, adding that Nigerians who are fed up with the status quo yearn for change.
“The change they want is not a return to impunity. The change they want is not to return to looting. Nigerians are fed up with the looters,” he concluded.
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Meanwhile, a former Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin (rtd) has raised an alarm over alleged threat to his life by the EFCC.
The former naval boss who is being prosecuted by the EFCC for graft alleged that there is a plan to plant incriminating evidence on his properties by the agency.
In a letter to Magu in which he copied Acting President Yemi Osibanjo among others, Jibrin challenged the EFCC to explain the whereabouts of over 60 vessels arrested with stolen crude handed over to the commission under his watch as CNS.
Watch the video report of the walk against corruption on NAIJ.com TV below: