The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s boss, Mr. Ibrahim Larmode, has said that the commission has concluded arrangements to revive its citizens campaign initiative by replacing the Anti-Corruption Revolution with Anti Corruption and Economic Crimes Support Network. Lamorde said that it had become necessary to disband the ANCOR which was created to involve stakeholders in the crusade against corruption.
He said that some of the members of the disbanded body were involved in reprehensible conducts which included blackmail and extortion of monies from members of the public.
The EFCC boss spoke at the ceremony of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the EFCC and some civil society organizations in Abuja on Monday.
Lamorde who urged those involved in the new MoU to draw some lessons from the ANCOR experience said that some of those involved in the acts of blackmail and extortion under the body were being prosecuted.
He said, “Some members, who fraudulently procured vehicles, sewed their own uniforms, opened offices where they received and ‘investigated’ alleged petitions, interrogated ‘suspects’, and generally had a field day blackmailing and extorting innocent members of the public.”
Lamorde observed that national initiatives against corruption had been effective because of the non involvement of the private sector and the civil society organizations in the fight against corruption.
Speaking also, the Coordinator of the new Ace-Network, Mr. Olarenwaju Suraj, who signed the MoU on behalf of the CSOs, said that it was the intention of the civil society bodies to hold the EFCC and the government accountable to their duties in the fight against corruption.
He stated also that the civil society network would give the requisite support to the commission to encourage it to carry out its duties effectively.
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