The Attorney-General of the Federation and
Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, has revealed that the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recovered looted funds worth N2 trillion in
the 12 years.
“More than $2tn has been confiscated and recovered
in the last 12 years by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,” said
Malami who was speaking at a workshop on ‘combating financial fraud, cyber and cross-border
crimes’ in Abuja on Tuesday.
Malami said corruption and fraud has a negative
impact on the nation’s growth. He assured Nigerians that the reforms efforts
being championed by the Justice Ministry under his watch, will strengthen the
fight against corruption and revitalise the criminal justice system in the
country.
Malami said, “I am already working closely with
the judicial leadership. In the past few weeks, my team and I have held several
interactions with the Chief Justice of Nigeria and other judicial leaders.
While the discussions are still ongoing on the best way the Federal Ministry of
Justice can support the work of the Judiciary, we are hopeful that we will work
in a manner that will reduce delay of complex cases, and improve justice delivery
for ordinary Nigerians without compromising the rights to fair hearing.
“The essence is to establish a ‘collaborative
buy-in’ between the Executive and the Judiciary in consensus building in the
fight against corruption and organised crimes.”
Also speaking at the event, Chief Justice of
Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, called for collaboration between all relevant
agencies of the Federal Government for the war against corruption and other
related crimes to succeed.
“The justice sector must be better coordinated and
develop synergistic avenues for the exchange of information and best practices.
It is time to leave the rhetoric behind and take visible steps forward in this
fight against transnational crimes.
“I believe that if we work in harmony and in
sincerity of purpose towards concrete outcomes, then, the efforts that we make
will doubtless create a butterfly effect of positive change that is so sorely
required in the justice sector.
“Achieving success in fighting fraud, cybercrime
and other cross-border crimes depends on all stakeholders working together
towards developing intelligent initiatives, which will result in tangible and
pragmatic solutions to ending and ridding ourselves of these emerging crimes,”
he said.
Source: The Punch
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