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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has decried the magnitude of stealing by corrupt elements in the country.
He said anytime he checks case files and sees the amount stolen, he wonders how the country still exists, adding that if Nigerians saw some case files they would weep.
According to a statement on Tuesday by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the chairman stated this while receiving the management team of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission led by its Chairman, Mohammed Shehu.
“When I look at some case files and see the humongous amount of money stolen, I wonder how we are still surviving. If you see some case files, you will weep. The way they move unspent budget allocation to private accounts in commercial banks before midnight at the end of a budget circle, you will wonder what kind of spirit drives us as Nigerians,” Olukoyede was quoted as saying.
He also said public corruption ranks as the biggest cause of corruption in Nigeria.
He pointed out that if public corruption was taken out of the polity, the country would fare better than many countries of the world.
He said, “A situation where somebody would hold a public office or position of trust for years and you call him to account and he says No, he would not account, is not acceptable.”
