Fighting corruption in Nigeria has long been a perilous adventure that brutally consumed the heads of the ‘war commanders’ with some of their foot soldiers in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the official government agency saddled with the herculean task of prosecuting the anti-graft fight.
This, in part, accounts for the fact that though every Nigerian government that comes on board openly touts the mantra of fighting corruption to a standstill, the body language it sends to the commanders at the EFCC weakens the fight substantially. This chiefly explains why the focus of the EFCC has at various times drifted from actively pursuing the big thieves in the country who have cornered the nation’s commonwealth with impunity, to tackling small boys who were using the internet to exploit unsuspecting members of the public for quick financial gains.
But when that immediately triggered public outrage and rejection, knowing the work that Ribadu was doing to stem graft in the land, the administration came out unashamedly to say that Ribadu was required to proceed to NIPSS as a necessary condition for his promotion to the next rank in the police force.
The Buhari administration not comfortable with the way Magu was steering the graft war, edged him out on trumped up charges which have not been substantiated till date and replaced him with a young officer of the anti-graft agency, Abdulrasheed Bawa on February 24, 2021. Bawa had issues with some top people in government whose ears were close to Buhari and he fell.
According to Rafsanjani: “First and foremost, let us be clear: this government doesn’t appear to be committed to combating corruption. Additionally, there are ministers in the Federal Executive Council who face serious corruption allegations. Despite numerous damning petitions and cases against them, the President seems to disregard them. Such actions are demoralizing for the operatives of the anti-graft agencies.
It is important to note that combating corruption is not mere propaganda, as the lack of honesty and sincerity of purpose can lead to its failure.”In his view, the National President of Civil Liberties Organisation , Mr Igho Agheregha believes strongly that Nigeria has lost the corruption war given the way successive administrations have dealt with the issue of monumental corruption in the country.
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