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EFCC’s recent discoveries laughable — Baptist Convention

ABUJA— The Nigerian Baptist Convention, yesterday,
described as laughable the recent money claimed to be
discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, through the whistle-blowing policy in
its ongoing war against corruption in the country.
Recently, the commission claimed to have intercepted
an undeclared sum of N49 million at the Kaduna
International Airport, as well as over N13 billion cash in
local and foreign currencies in a four-bedroom apartment
in Ikoyi , Lagos, without ascertaining the ownership.
The President, FCT Baptist Conference of the Nigerian
Baptist Convention, Rev. Israel Akanji, stated this at a
press conference on the 104th Annual Session of the
Nigerian Baptist Convention with the theme; Moving
Forward; Overcoming the Challenges of Life through
Jesus Christ , to be held at the National Stadium in
Abuja.
Akanji admonished the anti-graft agency to display some
level of professionalism in handling some of its
discoveries, adding that rushing to the media without
ascertaining the claims made mockery of their efforts,
thereby portraying the nation in bad light.
“Before they start making pronouncements, they ought to
verify their claims so that they will not damage the
image of innocent people.”
‘’Therefore, EFCC should work with a very high work
ethic that should guide their pronouncements.
“They should be slow to speak, they should be quick to
listen; there is that warning in the bible. Listen well but
then speak slowly. Make sure you have digested and
ingested what you are trying to say out and you have
verified the facts.
“In the modern world, for money to just be dropped in
the airport and for it not to be traceable is laughable.
What are we making of our praise in technology? Nigeria
has some of the most brilliant people, even in the
western world technologically, so why not using CCTV
apparatus to trace the people who dropped such things?

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