‘YOU WON’T GO SCOT-FREE AFTER STEALING PUBLIC FUNDS’: EFCC ISSUES WARNING TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS

Babatunji Wusu –

Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has stated that the commission will not tolerate embezzlement by public personnel.

During the inaugural President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Leadership Conference and Awards in Abuja, Olukoyede, represented by Wilson Uwujaren, the Director of Public Affairs, emphasized the anti-graft agency’s commitment to upholding the law and fulfilling its responsibilities. He also urged the younger generation to learn from the exemplary qualities of the late President Yar’Adua, whose legacy speaks volumes.

He said, “If anybody steals public funds, you won’t get away with it. All the crimes we are set out to fight are based on integrity deficit. Integrity deficit means absence of integrity.”