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Many leading civil society organisations in the country, which have been spearheading the graft war with the anti-graft agency are however no more convinced that the government of Nigeria is serious and committed to the battle to rid the land of corrupt officials going by the back-and-forth disposition of the administration since Ribadu was removed as the head of the EFCC by powerful political forces who were opposed to the graft war.

Nigeria’s secret police have retrieved over N580 million from the former Chairman of the anti-corruption body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, sources have told SaharaReporters.   Sources in the Department of State Services (DSS) which has detained Bawa since June told SaharaReporters on Friday that the former anti-corruption chief has coughed up over N580 million illegally acquired during his time as the head of the agency.  

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, on Wednesday, knocked the administration of President Bola Tinubu

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has narrated how he was subjected to "embarrassment" by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).     The Senate President mentioned this on Wednesday when Ola Olukoyede, chair of the EFCC, appeared before the senate for screening.   According to the Senate President, the EFCC tackles high-profile suspects as if they are swooping on Pablo Escobar.   Escobar was a legendary Colombian drug kingpin who was assassinated in the 1990s after a multi-year global manhunt.

Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says personnel of the anti-graft agency will abide strictly by the rule of law in the discharge of their duties.