Photos: EFCC chairman meets UAE Envoy over money laundering

Photos: EFCC chairman meets UAE Envoy over money laundering

Following President Buhari's Mutual Legal Assistance agreement with  the United Arab Emirate on the repatriation of stolen funds and  extradition of indicted officials, the Acting Chairman, Economic and  Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, met with the UAE  Ambassador to Nigeria, Mahmud Muhammad Al- Mahmud today in Abuja.

Magu called for the strengthening of the  existing relationship between Nigeria and United Arab Emirate, UAE, with  a view to effectively tackle corruption within the African continent.

"The fight against graft requires the collaborative support of all and  sundry, most especially the international community for it to be won", he said.

According to the EFCC boss, the present administration in  the country is poised to recover the nation’s commonwealth looted and  laundered in foreign countries by corrupt elements. He said the  Commission has intelligence that the UAE is considered a safe haven by  corrupt politically exposed persons in Nigeria.

A-Mahmud pledged the support of his country to Nigeria's anti-graft war.

"No counrtry can be an island on its own without the support of others." the UAE Ambassador said.

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