By Funso Alarape
Wednesday January 10, 2024
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has said that the total backing the anti-graft agency is getting from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to do its work is an indication that currently nobody in this country is too big to be investigated and no hiding place for corrupt politicians and citizens.
Olukoyede, said this when he received the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Abuja on Tuesday.
The EFCC boss noted that under Tinubu’s government, “nobody is too big to be investigated in this country. Once you are not playing according to the rules, we will investigate you.”
The EFCC boss said, “We believe that with the kind of President we have, who is ready and willing to do the right thing, and from what we have seen in recent times and the last 48 hours, it is clear that he has provided the political will and leadership and created the atmosphere for us to work.”
He continued: “So, there is no hiding place for the corrupt. We must give our best, we must be committed and give the President the support he needs. Nobody is too big to be investigated in this country. Once you are not playing according to the rules, we will investigate you.”
He also stated that the engagement with the ICPC was sending the appropriate signals to the entire country, indicating that the anti-corruption authorities are banding together and extending hands of comradeship and fellowship to one another with the intent to work together.
He noted that both organisations had a Memorandum of Understanding or MoU.
Olukoyede is the first chairman of the anti-graft agency from the Southern part of the country since it was created under President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003.
The EFCC was established partially in response to pressure from the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), which named Nigeria as one of 23 countries non-cooperative in the international community’s efforts to fight money laundering. The agency has its head office in Abuja, Nigeria