The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has recorded 48 convictions and recovered N8.5 billion in cash and assets within one year in Ilorin Zone.
The Zonal Head of the EFCC, Isyaku Sharu, disclosed this during the Youths Walk Against Corruption, organised by the Commission in Ilorin, Kwara State on Friday.
The event had as its slogan: “Build the Youth, Build the Nation, Destroy the Youth, Destroy the Nation.”
Sharu said: “You would recall what the state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, said during the last International Anti-corruption Day, where he commended EFCC for assisting the state to recover N4.8 billion.
“Tax refund at the eve of last handing/taking over and that he would use it to fund part of 2020 budget.
“It is on record that we also handed over N111 million to the Governor and we presently have about N200 million for the state government, ready for collection.
“We are also on top of the case of light up Kwara, where over N3 billion was allegedly diverted and part of the diverted fund was to buy a property in Guzape, Abuja.”
The zonal head said it was a great desire to build the youth who would fight corruption from the perspectives of alien, abhorrent and detestable to the culture.
Sharu said: “Corruption has eaten deep into every fabric of the society, manifesting itself from various forms and types such as bribery, embezzlement, nepotism, cronyism, cyber-crime and money laundering.
“Its effect is being felt in various ways like unemployment, institutional decay, infrastructural decay, poor health facility, poor education and insecurity.”
Sharu said the current administration under President Muhammadu Buhari had done a lot in its support to the fight against corruption.
He said: “The commission under the leadership of Acting Executive Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, is at the forefront in this fight.
“This is evident from the overwhelming successes achieved by the commission with the number of convictions and recovery of assets worth trillions of naira.
“We still believe that some criminal elements who nearly brought the country to its knees are still roaming the streets.”
The zonal head therefore urged the public to key in to the Federal Government’s whistle blowing policy in order to expose the guilty ones.
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