The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has revealed that the commission will begin arrest of some corrupt governors after leaving office on 29 May.
Bawa spoke in an interview with Daily Trust in Abuja.
The EFCC chairman, did not however, give the names of the corrupt governors to be arrested after 29 May, 2023.
“And God willing, come May and June, we are going to make some huge arrests and commence huge prosecutions of people.
“And for those people that are not leaving in May, whenever they are leaving, we will be waiting for them to ensure that justice is done,” he said.
On those agitating for his removal, Bawa said the EFCC would not be intimidated, saying that it was on record that he was the first sitting EFCC chairman to go to court and testify, not once, not twice or three times.
He said some group of people that were paid to protest against him and that the commission knew the people that were paying them, coming up with all sorts of gang-ups.
According to Bawa, the EFCC would follow due process and the rule of law, saying that the court had made a pronouncement and that the commission had appealed that, “And there is a stay of execution, what do you expect? We move on!
“How many of our cases were lost? We lost 41 and we got 3,785. What is there? What are we talking about? Who is losing? Who is not losing? Nobody is losing and nobody is winning. But it is like that!
“It happened in 2007, it happened in 2011, it happened in 2015, it happened in 2019 and it is happening in 2023. We’re students of history.
“People are just trying to tell the incoming government that they need to change the chairman, maybe because the chairman is doing the right things. It is just a question of corruption fighting back. Nothing more!
“But what they do not know is the fact that in the last couple of months, we have more than ever before tried to institutionalise the operational activities of the EFCC.
“Whether it is Bawa or not, the EFCC will continue to do those good works that they don’t want and those prosecutions we’re planning to do.”
