Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairman, Ola Olukoyede, said Nigeria is working to recover ill gotten monies stolen and stashed in various countries abroad.
Mr. Kayode was speaking during a Road Walk to mark the 2023 International Anti-Corruption Day. He said all such countries have been put on notice.
“We are sending a warning to country warehousing our loot. All the international community, we are going to come after you for our money.
“Those who are keeping Nigeria’s loot are more corrupt than Nigeria. When money is taken from Nigeria and kept abroad, they receive the money and seat on it are they not more corrupt?
“We will run after them and collect our money for Nigeria’s development”, he said.
Olukoyede said the new dispensation of the EFCC under his leadership, will prioritise prevention and discourage acts that leads to corrupt practices.
“We have three policy objectives. One is to refocus the corruption fight in Nigeria towards prevention of corrupt practices because prevention is always better than cure. We will promote genune businesses, we will create financial discipline in our environment.
“We are going to block the loopholes, because when you encourage the opportunity. We won’t wait until money is stolen before running after it.
“If they intend to steal ten Naira and we are able to block seven Naira, then we will only be going after three Naira, which will make the work much easier for us to do. Those planning to steal Nigeria money, we are going to go after them.
“We are in an era of new budget and i can assure you that we have sent words to all our financial gatekeepers that we are going to work with them.
“Every kobo that is released, we will trace it. We will make sure that the monies are used to benefit Nigerians and not just a few people. Students will benefit, workers will benefit, old people will benefit, retirees will benefit, because it is a common wealth.
