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.

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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.

The breakdown was given as follows:

Abuja - 43

Enugu - 13

Gombe - 10

Kaduna - 1

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.