Former EFCC chairman who has been away from public eye since her retirement has spoken about the severe attacks that came with her position as head of the anti-graft agency
"Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has said she came under fierce attacks while trying to end oil-money induced corruption in the country.
A statement issued on Saturday by her media aide, Mr. Ade Williams, said she said so at the Benue State University in Makurdi during the inauguration of World Bank’s Africa Centre of Excellence Project, Centre for Food Technology and Research.
She said, “No doubt, our over-dependence on oil revenue has brought us to the point where we are as a nation today. As an anti-corruption czar, I have seen how some of those the nation entrusted with its oil resources in the past helped themselves more than the country.
“I have made my contributions in the fight to discourage that and even recovered some of the looted funds in billions of dollars. For daring to do that, I came under fierce attacks, slander, blackmail and threats but by God’s grace and long years of experience, I survived all. I am glad today that indeed, there is a new sheriff in town.”
Waziri was removed as the boss of the anti-graft body under controversial circumstances which involved allegations of corruption."
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