Anti-graft agency 'secured 189 convictions' in 2017
The EFCC says it secured as many as 189 convictions in 2017 alone.
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The anti-graft agency often comes in for plenty of stick from opposition elements and pundits alike; for making a mess of its anti-corruption cases in courts and embarking on 'witch-hunts' in the name of reining in allegedly corrupt persons.
However, in a tweet posted on January 4, 2018, the EFCC claims its 189 convictions secured in a calendar year, is a milestone in the war against corruption in Nigeria.
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The breakdown was given as follows:
Abuja - 43
Enugu - 13
Gombe - 10
Kaduna - 1
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Kano - 33
Lagos - 61
Maiduguri - 1
Port-Harcourt - 27
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President Muhammadu Buhari has retained Ibrahim Magu as acting chairman of the EFCC in the face of a back-to-back rejection of the nominee by lawmakers.
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