“Corruption Is The Major Cause Of Coronavirus” –EFCC Boss, Magu

Speaking during the passing out parade of 281 cadets of the EFCC Detective Inspector Course-5, at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, on Tuesday, February 18, Ibrahim Magu has opined that corruption is the cause of the deadly coronavirus.

While speaking on the side effects of corruption, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the social vice is worse than any known disease, and he is convinced it is the cause of coronavirus.

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He said: “The EFCC is not satisfied with just prosecuting and jailing the fraudsters, rather the commission has concluded plans to reform them in collaboration with relevant government agencies towards making them better citizens.

“EFCC has zero tolerance for corruption as our mandate is to kill corruption as corruption is worse than all the diseases we have now and I strongly believe coronavirus is caused by corruption.

“Corruption is a huge burden to our nation it has spread to insecurity, poverty, unemployment, falling standard of education, weak access to affordable health care, falling infrastructure and so many others.”