{"id":21783,"date":"2020-02-23T20:36:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T20:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=21783"},"modified":"2020-02-23T20:36:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T20:36:52","slug":"magu-didnt-say-corruption-caused-coronavirus-efcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/magu-didnt-say-corruption-caused-coronavirus-efcc","title":{"rendered":"Magu didn\u2019t say corruption caused coronavirus \u2013 EFCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says a section of the media has been trying to twist comment by acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, at the Passing Out Parade of its Detective Inspector Course 5 cadets.<\/p>\n<p>The event was held at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, in Kaduna on Tuesday, February 18, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Magu, during his speech at the event, clearly said: \u201cI strongly believe, Your Excellency, that even coronavirus is caused by corruption\u201d.Footage of the comment has been circulating on the internet has drawn criticism.<\/p>\n<p>But on Sunday, EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, in a statement, insisted that Magu didn\u2019t mean it that way.<\/p>\n<p>He quoted Magu as saying: \u201cYour Excellency, corruption is worse than cancer, Ebola-virus, Corona-virus and all other deadly diseases put together. Fighting corruption is thus a crusade against the evils of our society that are deeply-rooted and threatening to consume us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Orilade stated that the EFCC \u201cis appalled by the fact that a section of the traditional and the New Media has been obsessed with a campaign to impugn and irritate the Commission\u2019s boss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be noted that we have restrained ourselves from joining issues in a certain section of the media in the light of what Magu said on Corona-virus, but we are now constrained to issue this clarification because we least expect a medium like one of the national newspapers to join in the fray.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says a section of the media has been trying to twist comment by acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, at the Passing Out Parade of its Detective Inspector Course 5 cadets. The event was held at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, in Kaduna on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. 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