Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), stated that since his appointment as Chairman of the Commission, he has been receiving death threats.
He said;
“Last week I was in New York. A very senior citizen received a phone call from somebody who is not even under EFCC investigation. What he said to him is that I am going to kill the EFCC boss, the young man.
“This to tell you how real corruption can fight back. Yes because if you look at it, almost everywhere there are elements of it (corruption), but I am very optimistic we will succeed in taming the monster of corruption in this country.”
He also revealed that the commission is expending energy on how to crack down on the gatekeepers of the proceeds of corruption in the country.
“Our attention is geared toward dealing with the issue of the utilization of funds whether in the private or public sector. We are looking at the avenue in which they are laundering the proceeds.
“We are looking forward to dealing with what we call gatekeepers in money laundering to have rigorous and effective control over them.”
“Nigeria is a very religious country and that is why one of the issues that we do in public enlightenment is to engage with leaders of religious bodies.
“We are soon going to launch our interface with the Christian and Islamic communities to engage them on the ills of corruption.
“We have already designed the manual for that.”
