The EFCC Ag, Chairman, Ibrahim Magu on Wednesday called on the United Arab Emirates to support and cooperate with Nigeria in its efforts to effectively prosecute the anti corruption efforts of the Nigerian government.
He cited the cases of the former Governors of Bayelsa and Delta state, which the UAE aided their extradition and conviction, the EFCC boss called for the renewal and strengthening of such relationship.
Ibrahim Magu who met with the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Mahmud Muhammad Al-Mahmud in his office in Maitama, Abuja said;
“I have come to seek your support and cooperation just as we had in the case of Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, James Ibori, among others to get the mission accomplished,”
“The fight against graft requires the collaborative support of all and sundry, most especially the international community for it to be won,”
Magu said the present administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari 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.
In his remark, the UAE Ambassador, Al- Mahmud, pledged the support of his country to Nigeria’s anti graft war saying, “No country can be an island on its own without the support of others.”
Recall that about two weeks ago President Muhammadu Buhari signed a Mutual Legal Assistance agreement with the United Arab Emirate on the repatriation of stolen funds and extradition of indicted officials.
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