Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Mustafa Magu spoke on the fight against corruption on Wednesday, saying it will be total and unsparing.
The EFCC boss assured that with the evidences with him, more looters will go to jail this year.
Mr. Magu, fondly called The General, said stakeholders seem to be more serious about fighting corruption. “From all indications, the judges are more serious, everybody is cooperating and this year, we will see more politically-exposed persons convicted. We will flush out corrupt people.”
He assured all that the process will be transparent. He also promised to discharge his responsibility “with the fear of God, in the national interest, and strictly observing the rule of law.”
Magu, who spoke during a visit to The Nation’s headquarters in Lagos, said he had been trying to mobilise all Nigerians as stakeholders in the fight against corruption.
The EFCC boss praised the management and editorial team of The Nation, saying the paper has come to stay among the builders and molders’ of the nation.
On corruption he said, “We need more support; it is about Nigeria, not an individual, the fight is for everybody, from the media we have to go to the grassroots, we will take it to children in the schools; we have to tell the children that corruption is bad, tell them why there is no chair in the classroom.
“We will sensitise everybody about the evil of corruption. We need to let people know that corruption is bad because some people don’t seem to know,” Magu stressed.
