Ghana, New Safe Haven For Nigeria Looters– Magu

… Decorated, Coffered As Fellow Of Ghana Management Institute

By Matthew Ogune, Abuja

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on Friday disclosed that looters of the country’s treasury now keep illicit funds in Ghana.

Magu made the disclosure at the commission’s corporate headquarters after the Chartered Institute of Public Resources Management & Politics, Ghana, formally decorated and conferred the Fellowship of the Institute on him.

According to the anti-graft czar, the commission was already in touch with the Ghanaian authorities to finalise plans on how to repatriate the alleged looters back to the country for prosecution.

He added that strategies were also in place to seize their assets and return them to the Federal Government.

His words: “Even in Ghana, there are a lot of looters hiding there; we already are in touch with the authorities to bring them back. We will also seize their assets and return them to the Federal government.”

According to Magu, the commission has ruffled many feathers and has touched the untouchables in the society in a bid to make life comfortable for Nigerians.

He stated: “We are aware that we have ruffled many feathers. We have  touched the untouchables and we have dared lions in their dens.

“We 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.

“We value good lives for our fellow men and women and we value better future for all our children.

“The costs of fighting corruption may be grave, but the costs of not fighting it is more deadly.

“This is why we continue to call on every Nigerian to enlist in the anti-graft war.  A good war is a war that is waged by the majority for the good of the majority.”

He promised fellow of the Institute to strive at all times to uphold the tenets of the Institute, saying: “Nigeria and Ghana share so many historic things in common.  I will strive to continue to make Nigeria and Ghana proud and by extension,  make humanity better as we continue the anti-corruption fight.

“The war is a never-ending war, as long as we have the corrupt in our midst. Our hope in all of our efforts is that God is against corruption. He is with us and will ever be with us.”

Speaking, the Executive Director of the institute, Dr Richard Kpoku-Aquarte said Magu was considered for the honor for his “record of integrity, transparency and honesty in his duties.”

He said under Magu, many corrupt Nigerians that were considered untouchable in the past had been brought to book.

“We are impressed by the courage and integrity of Magu and the record-breaking results that the EFCC has garnered since he assumed his role in 2015,” he said.