Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State has declared his support for Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

“Last night, I spoke with the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who reconfirmed the position of the President and told me that as long as he remained the Acting President or Vice President, Ibrahim Magu would remain the chairman of the EFCC.”

“That is the only message from the President, so those thinking that corruption is winning this war, Magu would remain their nightmare for the next two years or six years as the case may be.”

“We applaud the leadership of the EFCC for taking the significant step to establish a state office in Kaduna. I assure you that you can continue to count on us in Kaduna to support the commission in every facet of its activities. We have set aside land for your training school awaiting the submission of your application. We have also set aside land to build your staff housing estate if you so require.”

“Kaduna State is the first to adopt the Federal Government policy on Single Treasury Account (TSA) as a result of that, over N25bn was realised by the government after it closed about 470 accounts with commercial banks. The anti-graft agency had assisted the state government in recovering over N400m from corrupt public officials.”