Looters hiding outside the country will be brought back to face justice - Magu
- Ibrahim Magu, the acting EFCC boss says the anti-corruption agency is prepared to fight corruption vigorously in 2020
- Magu discloses that corrupt Nigerians who fled the country after looting will be brought back to face justice
- The EFCC boss insists that no person, no matter how prominent, would be shielded from prosecution
Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, January 21, said the anti-corruption agency is prepared to fight corruption vigorously in 2020.
Speaking in Ilorin during a visit to the Zonal office of the commission, Magu noted that corrupt Nigerians who fled the country after looting will be brought back to face justice.
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He stated that no person, no matter how prominent, would be shielded from prosecution. The EFCC boss said as soon as investigations are concluded, those involved in corrupt allegations would be put on trial.
Meanwhile, on the sidelines of the UK-African summit that took place on Monday, January 20, President Muhammadu Buhari called for the help of UK's government to go after Nigerian looters who are at large in its territory.
Speaking with the prime minister of UK, Boris Johnson, President Buhari said that Nigeria has gained a lot from its long history of collaborating with the country's military.
In another report, Bukola Saraki, a former Senate president, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of trying to scandalise him by seeking the forfeiture of his houses in Ilorin.
Saraki made the accusation on Tuesday, January 21, when the Federal High Court in Lagos entertained a suit filed by the EFCC seeking the forfeiture Saraki’s houses in Ilorin, The Nation reports.
He described the suit by the anti-graft agency as an abuse of court process, noting that the EFCC was merely attempting to review in another court, a previous verdict of the Supreme Court which cleared him.
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