Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday declared its readiness to clampdown on corrupt Nigerians owning properties in the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, disclosed this while receiving a document from a coalition of Nigerian Civil Society Organizations led by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda.
HEDA Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraj, presented to Bawa, the ‘Fixing Nigeria’s Illicit Financial Flows’ report compiled by Professor Gbenga Oduntan of Kent University.
Bawa also implored the citizens to do more in tracking the activities of corrupt Nigerians within and outside the country.
“It is one thing for properties to be taken to the UAE and the UK, it is another thing that we ensure that you don’t have the opportunity to take them out in the first instance,” he stated.
Bawa, however, vowed to do everything possible to fight corruption in the country, adding that part of EFCC’s mandate is to ensure that proceeds of crime are identified and repatriated.
“It is not an easy task. UK, UAE have their laws and procedures, but we have agreements that we are signatories to, to discuss issues of information sharing, investigation as well as repatriation of ill-gotten assets,” he added.