Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, says the commission had secured 4,430 convictions in 19 months.
Bawa urged the media to expose corrupt people in society instead of celebrating them.
The EFCC boss who spoke at a workshop on Economic and Financial Crimes Reporting for Journalists in Abuja, said the EFCC’s conviction rates were unbeaten in Africa.
He said: “I cannot end these remarks without updating you on some of our recent activities. Some of you will recall that at the end of 2021, the commission announced that it recorded a total of 2,220 convictions. I am pleased to inform you that we are poised to improve on that figure as the record of convictions as of August 5, 2022 was 2,210.
“We have tried our best, from 195 convictions in 2016 to 365 in 2018; 1,280 in 2019, and 976 in 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the coming of EFCC, criminal prosecution, as it related to financial crimes, was almost dead.
“These are the records we can beat our chest that in Africa no institution has achieved. It is our efforts that are being used as benchmarks.
“It is as a result of our efforts that the nation has the Money Laundering Act. This is an Act that has been amended, as much as the Appropriation Act.”
