The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa has commended the Commission’s performance despite what he described as challenges of criminal prosecution in Court.
Bawa who disclosed this in a statement said the Commission secured a total of three thousand seven hundred and Eighty-five convictions across all its Commands in 2022.
The figure which emerged from a review of the Commission’s performance in the outgone year shows a 70.5% improvement over its record for 2021 which stood at 2220. It also represents a 98.93% success rate in prosecution given that the Commission lost only 41 cases representing 1.07% within the period.
The Commission explains that in 2021, Its Lagos Command recorded the most convictions of 765, closely followed by its Ibadan Command with 573 convictions and Port Harcourt Zonal Command with 567, while the Headquarters recorded 314 convictions. It says the conviction secured by the Commission in 2022 is the highest since inception and sustains an upward trajectory which began shortly after the emergence of the present Government.
Bawa commended the Personnel of the EFCC and promised that the Commission will continue to motivate all categories of staff for greater efficiency through Capacity Development and other Incentives.
Editor : Ena Agbanoma
