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How Anti-Corruption War, Buhari’s Political Will Have Helped In Preserving Nigeria Democracy – Magu
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has affirmed the increasing relevance of the anti-corruption war in Nigeria, stressing that it has helped in preserving democratic governance.
He spoke at a media briefing, organised by the Enugu Zonal Office of the Commission to commemorate the 2020 Democracy Day.
Speaking through the Enugu Zonal Head of the EFCC, Ibrahim Bappa, the EFCC’s boss noted that the nation’s democratic project is getting strengthened through a check on a culture of impunity caused by years of corrupt practices.
Earlier, the EFCC boss, attributed the rising successes of the Commission in the anti-corruption fight to the political will of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government which allows for non-interference in its works and zero tolerance for any act of corruption.
Addressing a world press conference at the EFCC’s Headquarters to mark the 2020 Democracy Day and Anti-corruption Summit, Magu said, “The political will we have enjoyed from the present government in the fight against corruption is unprecedented. That the president allows the EFCC to operate without interference has been one of our biggest strengths.”
Based on this strength and many other conducive enablement, the EFCC’s boss said that strings of achievements have been made in the last couple of years. According to him, the EFCC has secured 2,240 convictions
and recovered assets in excess of N980 billlion in the last five years.
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