EFCC Chairman Speaks: We've Recovered Billions; My Small Lawyer Defeated SANs

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu has revealed that the agency has so far recovered billions of stolen funds, from corrupt big men and women.

He declared that the anti-corruption war is “the war of the people.” Stressing that he is ready to do his best to get all monies, he stressed that “apart from the fear of God, we have no other fear.”

Mr. Magu, who stated this in an address to a coalition of Civil Society Groups who marched to EFCC for a solidarity rally, said senior lawyers were frustrating the war against corruption.

He said: “We want the Nigerian people to continue to support us, continue to support Mr. President’s war on corruption. We have many corruption cases in court. We are getting them every day from everywhere and we are recovering stolen money and taking corrupt people to court.

“The money we have recovered and the money we are going to get back from them - billions and billions of Naira - is being paid back to government and will be used to do what it was originally meant for; to build hospitals, send our children to school, build roads and railways, create employment and defend our country.

“We have no other country than Nigeria. This war is the war of the people. Apart from the fear of God, we have no other fear."

He insisted that the days of impunity where people just steal our commonwealth are over.

Magu disclosed that “the other day, 34 Senior Advocates of Nigeria fought against only one small EFCC lawyer in court and he defeated all of them! What we are doing today is not by our power, it is the power of the Nigerian people and the power of God behind us!”