Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has demanded the immediate return of stolen Nigerian assets that have been hidden abroad.
At the ongoing 10th session of the Conference of State Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, which is taking place at the Georgia World Congress Centre in Atlanta, US, on Tuesday, Olukoyede issued the call.
Olukoyede called for the assistance of nations in charge of holding onto stolen property in a statement posted on the commission’s X account on Wednesday.
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He pleaded on the nations to stand with them in the war against corruption.
The head of the EFCC issued a warning, stating that nations who retain illicitly acquired assets put themselves in a difficult legal position when trying to retrieve them and inadvertently support the offenders.
According to him, “We need the cooperation of all the countries that are custodians or in charge of warehousing all these stolen assets from Africa.
“It has become extremely important for us to see you as our collaborators, as countries that support us in the fight against corruption.
“Now, when you look at corruption, it has become a transnational crime. If you are holding on to those assets, you are creating very difficult legal hurdles in recovering those assets. You are indirectly encouraging the perpetrators of the crimes we are talking about.
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“And when you encourage it in Africa, it has a tendency of affecting you too, because the kind of financial crimes we are talking about have become global in nature. So, it has become important for you to cooperate with us.”
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