Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared that the
fight against corruption in Nigeria is a “do or die affair.”
The EFCC’s Czar issued the
warning while addressing a rally to mark International Day against Corruption
at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja.
Acting EFCC Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim
Magu, addressing the press at the end of a rally to mark International Day
against Corruption
The anti-graft agency boss said
corruption is Nigeria’s number one enemy.
According to Magu, “For us as a
country, the fight against corruption is a do or die affair; we have to win the
battle or die trying.
“Corruption, as agreed by every
consensus, is our number one enemy and as President Muhammadu Buhari correctly
prescribed, if we do not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.”
Calling for consensus against the
malady, Magu noted that Nigerians cannot afford to be on the fence on the issue
of corruption.
He said, “The fight against
corruption is now a war in which there is clear line between forces of evil and
those of good; between agents of progress and reactionary elements who mean no
good.
“For those of us on this side; in
the anticorruption agencies of government, in the media, and civil society, the
dagger is drawn and I believe I am speaking the mind of everyone on this side
that we intend neither retreat nor surrender in our noble intention to cure our
country of the evils of corruption.
“As I often say, our bit is not
enough. Winning the war against corruption is the aggregate of our collective
bits and pieces. No Nigerian can afford to be on the fence in this effort to
rid our country of its Enemy Number One. It is time for all hands to be on deck
to march on corruption and the corrupt”.
Magu also noted that EFCC “has
broken new grounds in investigating and prosecuting important cases, and
recovery of stolen money.
“Our asset recovery derive has
raked in billions of naira to the federal government in form of forfeitures. We
have also secured 171 convictions within the last one year”.
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If this is true then arrest Babachir,NIA director,the people that reinstated Maina. You are not fighting any corruption than acting the script of Mr President
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