EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu, says “following the money”, is the modus operandi with which the anti-graft agency has been able to rein in alleged corrupt persons, as the Buhari led administration increases the tempo of its anti-graft war.
“We don’t chase innocent people; we investigate people before we arrest them. We follow the money, we trace when you received the money, and we also investigate how you utilized the money,” Magu said during Question Time, a ChannelsTV program.
“That’s why anybody that is invited here will not come out clean, because we do our homework before we invite you. We may investigate for a year or six months and the person would not know.”
Magu said contrary to insinuations, the EFCC hasn’t been on a witch-hunt.
“There is no sacred cow, we will go after anybody who has stolen the resources of the people. We have no reservations,” he said.
“We fight corruption both within and outside. We don’t go after innocent people for political reasons, we are going after the thieves of state resources.”
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, recently declared Nigeria as fantastically corrupt, but Magu advises that Cameron should take a long hard look at the mirror.
“London is the capital of money laundering; it is where all the stolen money is hidden. It has given a haven to all the corrupt persons and stolen money from all states of the world,” he said.
“In fact, it is the headquarters of money laundering. Most of the stolen money are hidden either by properties or in banks or as physical cash.”
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