No past governor with corruption cases will escape investigation – EFCC vows… 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that no past governor with corruption issues is immune to an investigation by the anti-graft agency.

The commission also vowed to sustain its tempo of rigorously pursuing economic and financial crime-related cases irrespective of who is involved.

Speaking on Thursday, November 30, at the opening of a one-day EFCC Civil Society Organisations engagement organised by the commission in Sokoto, its zonal commander, ACE Aliyu Yunusa said no one is an exception to the commission’s task of investigating in order to free Nigeria from the shackles of the ‘demon’ corruption.

He said: “Our core mandate remains and we are determined and resolute to achieve results with the active collaboration of Nigerians particularly the CSO who are equally drivers of our mandate to success.

“We rely on the Nigeria public and organised bodies to nip in the bud, corruption and other economic crimes for a sound Nigeria.”

The one-day engagement drew participants from across the 3 states of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara.

Yunusa, flanked by his deputy, Adesola Amusan, also used the opportunity to clear the air on the wrong narrative that the commission doesn’t investigate past governors.

He said: “No past governor or anyone is exempted from our investigation where a petition is received.”

The zonal commander who also identified technology, lack of public cooperation, religion, tribal and ethnic sentiments as well as data-free work as major challenges to impeding the agency’s activities, reassured of its resolve to face the challenges head-on.