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By Toye Faleye
The immediate past governor of Edo State, Adams
Oshiomhole has described the job of Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as ‘most challenging’ in
Nigeria.
According to him, Magu’s job was more demanding than
those of President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate President Bukola Saraki.
Speaking on Monday at the first national
anti-corruption stakeholders’ summit at the EFCC Academy in Abuja, he said,
“You have the most difficult and challenging job in this country today, more
challenging than the job of a governor, the job of a President, the job of a
Senate President or any other person because those ones are clearly defined and
the values are there but this one is really problematic.”
According to Oshiomhole, the anti-corruption efforts
of the present administration were not selective. “In the past we were made to
believe that you could not probe the armed forces because of security reasons
because they could overthrow; so, army accounts were never touched. But we are
beginning to see changes. Today, even former service chiefs are being made to
account for fighting the money that was meant for insurgency but diverted and
kept in pit latrines.
“I can see both people in opposition and government
being made to give account”, he said.
The former labour leader also said the fight against
corruption cannot be won through an individualistic approach. “We are all
witnesses to the fact that individualistic approach has not taken us anywhere.
“How can we win the fight against corruption without
casualties? There has to be collaboration among anti-corruption agencies, all
the agencies involved in the fight against corruption must have to share
intelligence,” Oshiomhole said.
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