IBRAHIM Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said the commission recovered N409bn between January to date.

Also recovered within the time frame is $69.5m and E23m. Magu made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Abuja, on Wednesday, August 30.

He said the EFCC was prosecuting many of its staff that were involved in bribery and other corrupt practices even as he said the commission was currently engaging in internal cleansing.

Magu agreed that he was facing the toughest time at the moment in the fight against corruption in Nigeria .

– Aug 30, 2017 @ 17:25 GMT