Following President Buhari’s Mutual Legal Assistance agreement with
the United Arab Emirate on the repatriation of stolen funds and
extradition of indicted officials, the Acting Chairman, Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, met with the UAE
Ambassador to Nigeria, Mahmud Muhammad Al- Mahmud today in Abuja.
Magu
called for the strengthening of the existing relationship between
Nigeria and United Arab Emirate, UAE, with a view to effectively tackle
corruption within the African continent.
“The
fight against graft requires the collaborative support of all and
sundry, most especially the international community for it to be won”,
he said.
According to the EFCC boss, the present administration in the country
is poised to recover the nation’s commonwealth looted and laundered in
foreign countries by corrupt elements. He said the Commission has
intelligence that the UAE is considered a safe haven by corrupt
politically exposed persons in Nigeria.
A-Mahmud pledged the support of his country to Nigeria’s anti-graft war.
“No counrtry can be an island on its own without the support of others.” the UAE Ambassador said.
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