Corrupt Judicial Officers Under EFCCs Radar Lamorde

The Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) is currently investigating cases of alleged corruption involving judicial officers, chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, has said.

Speaking at a workshop on Reporting Economic Crimes, Lamorde said alleged corruption in the judiciary was another area recieving attention, considering the importance of the judiciary in justice delivery system. continue...

Lamorde, who spoke through Osita Nwajah, said the commission was committed to bringing the culprits of corruption to justice.

The Commission has decided to help sanitise the system by investigating some of the alleged cases of corruption involving high level judicial officers, he said.

The EFCC boss said, although one of the judicial officers had dragged the Commission to court to forestall further action, EFCC would not be distracted.

Lamorde said policing of major entry and exit points in our country in the last two years recorded seizure of huge sums of money, adding that some of the suspects had been prosecuted and convicted.

The EFCC is unwavering in its determined efforts to bring to logical conclusion, many of the cases that it investigated in other sectors including pension and oil subsidy cases, he added.

He insisted that for the war against corruption to succeed, the people must be willing to embrace the fight even as he appealed for the support of the media.