The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says a
section of the media has been trying to twist comment by acting Chairman,
Ibrahim Magu, at the Passing Out Parade of its Detective Inspector Course 5
cadets.
The event was held at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, in
Kaduna on Tuesday, February 18, 2020.
Magu, during his speech at the event, clearly said: “I
strongly believe, Your Excellency, that even coronavirus is caused by
corruption”.Footage of the comment has been circulating on the internet has
drawn criticism.
But on Sunday, EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, in a statement,
insisted that Magu didn’t mean it that way.
He quoted Magu as saying: “Your Excellency, corruption is
worse than cancer, Ebola-virus, Corona-virus and all other deadly diseases put
together. Fighting corruption is thus a crusade against the evils of our
society that are deeply-rooted and threatening to consume us.”
Orilade stated that the EFCC “is appalled by the fact that a
section of the traditional and the New Media has been obsessed with a campaign
to impugn and irritate the Commission’s boss.
“It should be noted that we have restrained ourselves from
joining issues in a certain section of the media in the light of what Magu said
on Corona-virus, but we are now constrained to issue this clarification because
we least expect a medium like one of the national newspapers to join in the
fray.”
EFCC added that the war against corruption is on course and
the commission will not be distracted in eliminating corruption in Nigeria.
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