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- The head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), South South, Ishaq Salihu said the zone has secured 26 convictions and recovered over a billion naira in the last 10 months.
- He made the disclosure at the zone’s maiden media briefing in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
- According to him, “In the last 10 months, we have upped the ante in the fight against graft in the South South zone with remarkable success.
- “In 2015, we secured 18 convictions and recovered N420, 922,599.38. This year, we have already secured 26 convictions and recovered one billion, sixty million, two hundred and fifteen thousand, two hundred and sixty eight Naira, sixty kobo (N1, 060,215,268.60) and Ninety One thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty US Dollars ($91,650) for both the federal government and individuals.”
- He challenged journalists in the zone to partner with the EFCC in the fight against corruption. “We invited you here to update you on our activities in the South South Zone of the Commission and to encourage you to use your medium to educate the public on the activities of criminals and fraudsters who are bent on destroying our nation and reaping where they have not sowed,” Salihu said.
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