As the war against corruption wages on, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has gotten fresh orders from President Muhammadu Buhari.
President Buhari has instructed the anti-graft commission to account for funds that were stolen but recovered by it, Vanguard reports.
The president also asked the commission not to allow negative comments from some quarters distract it from its operations.
According to some sources, the recent visit of the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu to the Aso rock presidential villa may be a pointer to the seeming micro-management of the anti-corruption drive..
Speaking on Magu’s recent private meeting with Buhari, a presidential villa source said: “Mr. President wanted a very clear picture regarding accountability and the exact amount of funds already recovered from some of those who were said to be making refunds to the coffers of the Federal Government of Nigeria.”
Report has it that the activities of the EFCC regarding recovery of looted funds under the immediate past chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, were brought into sharp focus.
This is because some recoveries and seizures from some looters were made under Lamorde’s administration and there was need to account for “everything that went down.”
Though Lamorde is out of the country, there are indications that he may “be made to come back to the country to properly account for recoveries and sale of properties that may have happened under his tenure”.
President Buhari has vowed that all stolen funds would be recovered and the present wave of arrests and interrogation is not unconnected with this drive.
There appears to be no backing down by Buhari on his resolve to fight corruption.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has had a few of its leaders arrested and detained by the EFCC in Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade.
The opposition has been trading words with the ruling All Progressives Congress, on the approach of the EFCC was using to execute the anti-graft war.
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