Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Electoral Corruption, Worst Form of Corruption- EFCC

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has described electoral corruption as the worst form of corruption as it undermines the will of the people and invests power in illegitimate hands. According to Magu, a government that pays its way into power is hardly expected to be accountable; its priority upon assumption of office would be how to recoup its investment. That is the open sesame to corruption in public life, a phenomenon that has held us down as a nation. Magu who spoke through the Secretary of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede at the National…