For the new approaches to the fight against Economic and Financial Crimes and other acts of corruption, the Body of State Attorneys-General of Nigeria has commended the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede.
The applause was given by the Chairman of the Body, Ben Odoh who led other Attorneys-General of the 36 States on a visit to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.
Odoh said the appointment of Olukoyede came with vast experience as a notable anti-graft fighter and lauded his new-fangled initiatives geared towards deepening the fight against corruption.
While he thanked President Tinubu for his choice of Olukoyede as the Nation’s foremost anti-corruption fighter, he assured the EFCC’s boss of the cooperation and collaboration of the Attorneys-General, stating that the Body of the law officers of the States would always offer useful advice that would facilitate and complement the works of the Commission to tackle financial crimes frontally.
Oboh stressed on issues bordering on the need to strengthen the anti-graft war, especially in the areas of clarifying offences in letters of invitation to suspects, consolidating investigations to avoid duplication of works, according special recognition to suspects that honour invitations voluntarily as he added that the visit of the Attorneys-General to the EFCC underscored the respect they have for the Commission.
The EFCC Chairman Olukoyede in responding, appreciated the Law Officers for their visit and charged them to always advise their Governors and State officials rightly on issues that pertain to accountable conducts.
He explained that the review of bail and arrest guidelines are already in place across all the Zonal Commands of the Commission, including the Corporate headquarters as he stated that letters of invitation to suspects are always written in line with global best practices, based on the course investigations may take.
While he assured that cases are being consolidated in all the Commands to avoid any duplication, Olukoyede said the EFCC under his watch is law-abiding.
Editor: Ken Eseni
