September 18, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it would function better if its laws were reviewed.
The anti-graft agency made this known at the weekend during a media workshop for journalists on ‘Effective Reporting of Economic and Financial Crimes’ in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.
Speaking on the ‘Challenges of Prosecuting Economic and Financial Crimes’, Head, Legal and Prosecution Department, Uyo Zonal Command of the EFCC, DCE T. N. Ndifon, cited trial within trial, frivolous filling of applications and multiple defendants, elevation or transfer of judges, delays in securing fiat to prosecute certain cases, as well as some counsels in cases as frustrating the cause of justice against financial crime offenders in the country
Ndifon calls for a review of the EFCC Act to enable the Commission to effectively tackle the anti-graft war in the country.
Earlier in his opening remarks at the workshop, EFCC Zonal Commander, Uyo, Assistant Commander Bawa Hamidu Saidu, decried the rising cases of real estate and internet crime, assuring that the Commission was working to eliminate the problem.
Saidu, who called on the media to beam its searchlight on the identified sectors to tackle the sharp practices, said only the collective fight against financial and economic crime by all Nigerians would help to nip the situation in the bud.
“The rising incidences of real estate and internet-related cases have become worrisome. The real estate sector has been identified as a strong money laundering practice in Nigeria,” he said.
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