Within the last six months, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, secured more than 140 convictions and recovered billions of dollars in stolen funds from unscrupulous individuals, the anti-graft body’s chairman, Ibrahim Magu, has said.

Mr. Magu spoke Thursday at a rally organised by the EFCC to sensitise Nigerian schoolchildren and teenagers on the perils of corruption to national development.

In a statement signed Thursday by EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, Mr. Magu said the agency also blocked several channels that people of questionable character used to launder their ill-gotten wealth.

‘‘In just six months of this year, we have secured over 140 convictions, including some elusive ‘high profile’ criminals. We have recovered billions of dollars worth of stolen funds and blocked numerous avenues of money laundering,’’ Mr. Magu said while speaking on a theme: ‘‘We Must Win The War on Corruption and Impunity.’’

Mr. Uwujaren later told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr. Magu meant “within the last six months”.

Mr. Magu said he is enlivened by the growing optimism of Nigerians in the fight against corruption.

‘‘Citizens are now more disposed to pre-emptively act against corruption; and where the act has been committed, they are willing to work with EFCC to fish out the criminals,” Mr. Magu said.

‘‘However, in order to ensure that justice is fully served to the victim, the perpetrator and the society, it is important for us all to continue to hold everyone in the justice delivery chain accountable.”

Mr. Magu urged the citizens to increase their scrutiny of the nation’s judiciary.

“Nigerians must also take more seriously their watchdog role over the judiciary to meet the yearnings of Nigerians for justice,’’ Mr. Magu said.

A former minister, Oby Ezekwesili, decried the miserable turn of events for Nigeria.

“Nigeria is a country that the whole world agreed had incredible potentials to be one of the leading countries of the world. As a matter of fact, at the time of Nigeria’s Independence, many around the world took a bet that Nigeria was the black nation that would likely put in hot pursuit all other nations of the world in terms of greatness that it had.

‘‘Sadly, 56 years after Independence, when some of those nations that took a bet on Nigeria look at what has become of the country, they ponder what has gone wrong. But what has gone wrong is what the EFCC has been established to tackle,’’ Mrs. Ezekwesili said.

Apart from youngsters in primary and secondary schools, Clean Hands Campaign drew a mammoth crowd of civil society actors in the fight against corruption, including Citizens for Anti-corruption Corps, Rivers State and the Patriotic Forum.



http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/204162-efcc-secured-140-convictions-recovered-billions-dollars-6-months-magu.html

See the only reason i bother you with this thread is for you to carefully checkout the reflection of the light bulbs in the room on Magu's skull. Guy if you need a clean shave like i do, Magu's barber is the man to consult Shege Magu. No nonsense

So, where is the recovered ego?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy_1gKdHtd0

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVm5eH6Mjuc

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buhari don achieve o

APC/EFCC please tell us another story ...we are used to all this one

Where is all this money they're recovering? What is the money being used for. Why is there no accountability? Nigeria shouldn't be broke with the millions of dollars recovered by EFCC

Good achievement.

Billions of dollars isn't exactly quantifiable. Why is it difficult to say the exact sum returned

Dullard Buhari with his Efcc men are Thiefs ,Criminals and Corrupt . you're fighting your oppositions not Corruption. why not probe those behind Apc 2015 campaign funds , thief Tinubu, thief Amaechi, Thief Oshomole, thief Rochas , thief Fashola and more.

You Old Dullard Buhari can never deceive Nigerians again, our eyes are wide open

Brilliant bullshit. You have somebody's money in your hand and your child is dying in the hospital for lack of money for treatment.

So, why is the FG still borrowing money if all these monies have been recovered?

Where the money, we dey hungry

These convictions are not from cases that were prosecuted wholly by this administration
EFCC started many of them a long time before BABA and now Magu wants to take credit
If they publish the names of the convictions,many of you will praise Jonathan and Yar'ádua

Abegiiiii, na today?

yet no one has been Jailed and Nigeria is still broke

Make we dey talk true for dis country abeg,Billions of dollars recovered and Nigeria is stil broke? Who are d high profile convictions,Apc and propaganda

I just hope all this billion billion we hear up and down will translate to something tangible

ok

I will believe it when the likes of: ObJ, atiku, IBB, GEJ, PEJ, saraki, Oshiomole, tinubu, ameachi, obanikoro, okorocha , diezani and other treasury looters are on that conviction list before I can believe Mr Magun or Mugun.

And by the way, if such huge amount has been recovered , how come Liar Muhammed and ameach have been singing the : Nigeria is broke' song?

E maa tan ara yin..

I'm tired of hearing recovered billions or millions

That's a good one, Second phase should be Amaechi and Co. we are moving forward. Sai Baba

Nigerians want to know how much and from whom it was recovered from.

Then Where Did You Keep The Money? Cos Nigerian's Are Currently Drier Than The Sahara Presently.

where are the names and where is the money been remitted?

All this money they are busy recovering, what are they doing with it?

And how come APC members are yet to be investigated? Rochas and oshiomole we are still waiting because if i say Tinubu and Obasanjo, i will be going too far.

Buahri's administration and Jiggery-pokery

Bilionz of dolarz and govt iz broke...continue we are watching