Public officers stealing Nigeria’s money every minute – EFCC boss

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, says Nigerian politicians bargain nationalist funds each minute.

He spoke successful Abuja connected Thursday astatine the 80th day solemnisation of erstwhile Attorney-General, Kanu Agabi.

Olukoyede said the anti-graft bureau receives implicit 20,000 corruption petitions each year, adding that astir of the cases are shocking.

“I person implicit 20,000 petitions successful a twelvemonth successful respect to nationalist corruption, each terrible. What is going on? Like each minute, nationalist officers instrumentality money, and if you spell done immoderate of our lawsuit files you volition weep.

“The mode radical instrumentality nationalist resources and Nigerians are victims of these fraudulent activities. And we indispensable travel unneurotic for erstwhile successful our beingness and accidental nary to the activities of immoderate of our leaders,”  Olukoyede said.

The EFCC brag said immoderate nationalist officers resume bureau with little than N100,000 successful their account, but aft 3 years, EFCC volition hint millions of dollars to them.

He said immoderate of them physique hundreds of houses portion inactive successful office, noting that corruption is sidesplitting Nigeria.

Olukoyede said nationalist officers indispensable explicate what they did successful office, stressing that accountability and transparency indispensable usher nationalist service.

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