As the war on corruption drags on, the EFCC chief, Ibrahim Magu has slammed lawmakers as encouragers of corrupt people.
Ibrahim Magu
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday charged members of the
Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to join hands with the commission to
stamp out corruption in the country.
According to Premium Times, Magu who spoke when members of the NBA paid him a courtesy call on Wednesday, in a remark titled “The NBA Must Not Allow Corruption To Kill Nigeria”, said unprofessional conducts of some lawyers is giving the NBA a bad name.
“Society is not served when prominent members of the bar not
only take clearly tainted briefs, but even facilitate the commission of
crimes by knowingly supplying the technical know-how and later, helping
in the dispersal of the proceeds of crime.
“There are lawyers within the fold of the NBA who ought not to be among your noble ranks. Those people are not fit to be called ministers; rather, they are vandals of the temple of justice,” he said.
He also decried the practice by some members of the NBA who he said
were aiding individuals and corporate organizations to perpetrate
economic and financial crimes
The EFCC boss further stated that the input of lawyers would be
needed to successfully wage the war against fraud, corruption and money
laundering.
“Law enforcement, just as the judiciary, encompassing the bar
and the bench, is a critical link in the justice delivery system of any
society.
“I dare say that even when opinions and tactics differ, the
interest of the two blocs cannot but converge on the overriding interest
of the people,” he said.
Mr. Magu, who stated that no other anti-graft agency in Nigeria had
beaten the record of the EFCC in the areas of prosecutions and
convictions, further described the ordinary Nigerian as the victim of
money laundering , embezzlement, diversion of funds and frauds.
He, therefore, urged them to share in the vision of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption, while also congratulating the
body for supporting the EFCC over the years.
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