Ibrahim Magu, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) made history when he opened EFCC’s cells to the public. He also invites organizations and human rights groups to visit EFCC detention centres across the country any time any day… “I am telling you that our detention facility is one of the best in this country. I will be modest to say it is the best. You can look at the comfort we have provided for suspects, including state of the art toilet facilities.”

“If you have any doubt, you can walk in to inspect our detention facility in Abuja or in any of our zonal offices at any time and without notice. We have nothing to hide at all. We did not tell all these suspects that you were coming for inspection, we wanted you to meet them in a natural state and form your opinion.”

“We don’t torture people or suspects. Our kind of investigation is non-violence crime; we have no basis to torture people. We investigate financial crimes in line with international best practices. If the EFCC invites you, we must have done a lot of background check and all we will ask you is to corroborate our findings. After conducting the initial part of our investigation, we make sure we give bail to suspects. It is now left to these suspects to meet the conditions attached to the bail.”

“I am happy that every action or inaction of this commission is subjected to interpretation and criticisms. These criticisms will give us room to improve. We are all human beings, we are not perfect. There is no perfection in what we do. We have changed; we are still trying to change. We work for the interest of this country and the interest of this country is above any other interest or person.”