VIDEO: I Strongly Believe Coronavirus Is Caused By Corruption – EFCC Boss, Magu

February 19, 2020
245 Views

The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu says he strongly believes that Coronavirus is caused by corruption.

Coronavirus broke out in Wuhan in Hubei province of China in December. It has since spread to over 25 countries, with over 73,000 infected persons and not less than 1,875 deaths.

Speaking during the passing out parade of 281 inspector cadets of the EFCC in Kaduna state on Tuesday, Magu said corruption is worse than any known disease, and is the cause of the coronavirus.

“Corruption is the biggest strategy to human kind. Your excellency, corruption is worse than all the diseases now running about.

“And I strongly believe, Your Excellency, that even the coronavirus is caused by corruption,” he said.

The EFCC chairman said the commission was not satisfied with just prosecuting and jailing fraudsters, but that rather the commission has concluded plans to reform them in collaboration with relevant government agencies towards making them better citizens.

“Corruption is a huge burden to our nation it has spread to insecurity, poverty, unemployment, falling standard of education, weak access to affordable health care, falling infrastructure and so many others.

“As part of vigorous pursuit, the commission has created new specialised directorate and section taking into cognisance the changing phase of criminality,” he said.

“This directorate includes asset forfeiture and recovery management directorate, forensic and science laboratory directorate, anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism section.

“As at 2015, we had 103 convictions, in 2016 195 convictions, 314 in 2018, over 1218 convictions were secured in 2019,” he said.

Watch the video below:

Meanwhile, the Federal Government has announced a N36million cash prize for any Nigerian that finds cure for coronavirus and Lassa fever.

According to FG, the N36 million reward was to encourage Nigerian scientists to venture into finding lasting solutions to human challenges to prove to the world that Nigeria has the capacity to address human problems not only at local scale but at global level.

You may be interested

AFCON 2025Q: Benin Republic Hit By Another Injury Blow
Sports
Sports

AFCON 2025Q: Benin Republic Hit By Another Injury Blow

Webby - November 13, 2024

Benin Republic will be without two more players for their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Nigeria and…

Dier Set To Depart Bayern In Summer
Sports
1 views
Sports
1 views

Dier Set To Depart Bayern In Summer

Webby - November 13, 2024

Eric Dier is likely to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season according to transfer expert and Sky…

‘I Want More’ — Dessers Declares After Scoring 10th Goal For Rangers
Sports
2 views
Sports
2 views

‘I Want More’ — Dessers Declares After Scoring 10th Goal For Rangers

Webby - November 12, 2024

Cyriel Dessers is eager to score more goals for Scottish Premiership club Rangers.The striker has been in impressive form for…

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published.