The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mohammed Abba, has said that the commission secured 865 convictions from a total of 1 thousand 305 cases it filed in the courts in 2020.
He said that a total of 7 thousand 340 cases were under investigation out of the 10 thousand 152 petitions received by the agency.
The EFCC boss added that the commission also made significant cash recoveries and seizure of a significant number of assets from persons indicted of corruption, following due legal process.
Abba made the disclosure yesterday in his end-of-year message, according to a statement by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren.
Describing the year under review as unique, Abba further revealed that the EFCC’s projections anchored on a strategic vision were greatly slowed down by the COVID-19 pandemic.
