The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today has renewed its partnership with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a bid to tackle money laundering and other economic and financial crimes.
In a press statement by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity Mr Wilson Uwujaren, “the commitment was made by the Head of the Kano Office of the EFCC Mualledi Farouq Dogondaji when he visited the Commandant of the Kano Command of the NDLEA, L.M Isah.
“Dogondaji stated that the purpose of his visit was to renew the existing relationship between the Commission and the NDLEA and also seek for more support in the Commission’s war against financial crimes.”
Redeeming Nigeria’s image
In his response, Commandant of the NDLEA Kano L.M Isah commended the EFCC for redeeming the image of Nigeria through the fight against corruption.
The NDLEA boss further assured the EFCC of the NDLEA’s cooperation, while urging the Agency to always apply caution in the discharge of its duties which he described as “a very dangerous job”.
In a related development, the Zonal Head of the Maiduguri Office of the EFCC, Onwukwe Obiora has “called for more cooperation and synergy on information sharing between the Commission and the Nigeria Police Force.”
He made the appeal during a courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Police, Borno State Command, Yahaya Sahabo Abubakar in Maiduguri, North East Nigeria.
Obiora said, “We want to remind you that, it is not the mandate of the Commission to conduct Stop and Search exercises but movement of cash by individuals is believed to fuel insurgency in the Northeast. Therefore, during Stop and Search operations by the Police, anybody found with suspected cash sum should be reported to the EFCC.”
The CP on his part, assured the Zonal Head, that “intelligence sharing will continue”. “We will give you support and even escorts if the need arises in order for the zonal office to achieve its core mandate,” he said.
Emmanuel Ukoh
