The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ola Olukoyede has stated that the anti-graft agency would not spare anyone in the ongoing fight against corruption.
He said the EFCC under his watch would go after the mega as well as the small thieves.
He denied widely believed accusation that the commission’s fight against corruption has been reduced to chasing internet fraudsters while the big thieves roam the street.
Olukoyede gave this indications on Sunday at an Anti-Corruption Concert organized to create greater awareness and public involvement in the fight against internet crimes.
He said ’We will not spare anyone. We will not spare the mega thieves. As we are doing the mega, we will also do those at the lower end. In the last two months, we have arranged two former governors. So, it is not true that we are only focused on internet fraudsters. Of course, internet fraud is bad enough but our focus is on every form of economic and financial crimes.
“Youths need to know that being ex-convicts has career limitations. Ex-convicts can’t run for public offices, the stigma alone is even terrible. So, I urge you to avoid internet crimes by all means. Your future is more important than any immediate gains from such crimes.
“The path of success is the path of hard work and dignity. There is dignity in labour. Let’s come together. All of us must come together and agree that corruption is evil. Don’t’ leave the fight to EFCC alone” He said
