The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that no fewer than 14, 000 petitions were received from “members of the public” in the last one year. Olukoyede stated this in Abuja when the Special Envoy for West Africa, Dr. Charles Omini, paid him a courtesy visit at the corporate headquarters of the Commission.
A statement signed, yesterday, by the spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said the development signalled “a mark of public confidence in the credibility and integrity of operations of the” anti-graft agency. He said: “What we are doing is about this country, there is nothing personal in it, we are passionate about giving Nigerians a taste of good governance for once in their lifetime.
“In the last one year, we have received over fourteen thousand petitions, credible petitions, fourteen thousand, within the space of twelve months.