EFCC claims to have recovered N152 billion and $386 million in 2021 from corrupt persons

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Monday that in 2021 it recovered about N152,088,698,751.64; $386,220,202.84; £1,182,519.75; €156,246.76; 1,723,310.00 Saudi Riyal, 1,900.00 South African Rand, and 1,400.00 Canadian Dollar between January and December.

According to the spokesman of EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, the recovery also included a digital currency component with 5, 36957319 Bitcoin and 0.09012 Ethereum.

The headquarters of the Commission dominated the recoveries with N67,249,744,994.89, $375,662,223.59 and £1,151,539.75. It is closely followed by the Lagos Command which led the Naira recoveries with N70, 315,611,260.52, $9,286,497.83 and £21,500.00.

The Kaduna Zonal Command emerged third in terms of Naira recoveries with a total sum of N3, 339,405,723.93 while the Ibadan Zonal Command took the same position in terms of Dollar recoveries to the tune of $387,385.00.

Giving an overview of the performance, the Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, explained that the monies included direct and indirect recoveries for the different tiers of government (Federal, State and Local Governments), corporate organizations and individuals (victims of crime) within the year under review.

He commended the personnel of the Commission for the performance while urging them to redouble their efforts to ensure that perpetrators of economic and financial crimes are denied the benefit of the proceeds of crime.