The Joint Action Coalition of Civil Societies in Nigeria on Tuesday called on the Acting Chairman of the Economy and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, to come out clear and tell Nigerians his decision over the in-house corruption within anti-graft agency as Nigerians are not ready to condone any act of corruption again.
The National Co-ordinator of the coalition, Comrade Ikpa Isaac, at a press conference in Abuja, tasked Magu to explain to Nigerians why his tenure under the leadership of the anti-corruption crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari, who has zero tolerance for corruption, is still allowing such in-house corruption within the EFCC.
The group lauded the President, whose leadership style has brought hope for the hopeless, and urged him to act fast on this report as the anti-corruption war may be bastardised by the actions of the corrupt officials within the anti-graft agencies.
Isaac said: “We are witnessing high profile prosecution of our treasury looters that our nation can never come out of corruption.
“In observing this war, our attention has been drawn towards the in-house corruption orchestrated by some staff of the Anti graph agencies especially the EFCC which must be tackled if the war must succeed.
“For example, the Pension Transitional Arrangement Department, Director General, Mrs Nellie Mayshak, was sacked over stealing of N50 million on monthly basis for her period in office.
“The EFCC Desk Officer posted to PTAD, Mr. Habibu Aliyu, was also petitioned against by the staff of PTAD for collecting N5 million monthly to cover the mess for the period between 2010 till she was sacke.
“Our worries now is that the same Habibu Aliyu is the Chief Investigator of the same corruption.”
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