Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
Abdulrasheed Bawa, says corruption does fight back, adding that he has been
receiving death threats since he came on board as the chairman of the
anti-graft agency.
He spoke on Tuesday when he featured in Channels
Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme.
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, had
in November 2016 said, “Corruption is fighting back vigorously”.
When asked on Tuesday if indeed corruption is fighting back,
Bawa said, “Last week, I was in New York, as all Nigerians are aware of. A very
senior citizen received a phone call from somebody that is not even under
investigation. What he (the caller) said to him on phone is that; he is going
to kill the EFCC chairman, the young man.
“He said, ‘I am going
to kill him. I am going to kill him’. This is to tell you how bad it is. It is
actually real. Corruption can fight back.”
When further asked if he meant he has been receiving death
threats, the EFCC chairman said, “Yes”.
The President had in February 2021 named 40-year-old Bawa as
the new EFCC chairman to replace the embattled ex-acting chairman of the
anti-graft commission, Ibrahim Magu.
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