Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, said on Friday many Nigerian treasury looters were hiding in Ghana.<\/p>\n
Magu, who disclosed this when a delegation of the Chartered Institute of Public Resources Management and Politics (CIPRMP) visited the EFCC headquarters in Abuja, said the commission was putting resources together to go after the treasury looters and recover the country\u2019s wealth stashed in the neighbouring West African nation.<\/p>\n
He added that the EFCC was partnering with its Ghanaian counterpart on the impending asset recovery operation.<\/p>\n
The EFCC chief said: \u201cCorruption is a borderless crime. We are putting our resources together to allow us to go to Ghana without restrictions and recovery our stolen property back home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am appealing to Nigerians to trust the commission with relevant information about corrupt practices in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are several looters hiding in Ghana. We are already talking, we will bring them back. We will go bring the assets back to the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Magu also urged Nigerians to disregard reports about him and the commission, saying the EFCC activities are transparent.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cWe follow the international best practice when it comes to areas of investigations, tracing of looted assets and recovering of looted assets. We all have our records.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are aware that we have ruffled many feathers. We have touched the untouchables and we have dared lions in their dens.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are doing all these, not because we love dangers and death, we are doing them because we value the comfort and development which anti-corruption brings.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe value good lives for our fellow men and women and we value a better future for all our children. The costs of fighting corruption may be grave, but the costs of not fighting it are more deadly.<\/p>\n