Report by Mudasir Opeyemi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has secured a total of 3,785(Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Five) convictions across all its command in 2022.
The Commission disclosed this via a figure released on Wednesday, January 4 after a review of the Commission’s performance in the outgone year.
The figure shows a 70.5% improvement over its record for 2021 (2,220 convictions).
It also represents a 98.93% success rate in prosecution as the anti-graft agency lost only 41 cases, representing 1.07% in 2022.
According to the breakdown,the Lagos Command recorded the most convictions -765; followed by the Ibadan Command -573. Port Harcourt Command 567, while the headquarters in Abuja recorded 314 Convictions.
“The conviction secured by the Commission in 2022 is the highest by the EFCC Since inception, and sustains an upward trajectory which began shortly after the emergence of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari,”EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren said
In 2015, the commission recorded a total of 103 convictions, 195 in 2016, 312 in 2018 and 1280 in 2019. It dropped to 976 in 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
It later moved up to 2220 in 2021.
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“The percentile improvement of the EFCC convictions in the seven years of the Buhari administration from 103 to 3785, is over 3574.8%.”
The Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa commended the personnel for their dedication despite the challenges of criminal prosecution in court.
He assured that the EFCC will continue to motivate all categories of staff for greater efficiency through capacity development and other incentives.