Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says he will resign from office whenever he is asked to do anything against the law.
An EFCC’s statement shared via the commission’s twitter handle on Saturday reveals that Mr Bawa spoke on Friday, while featuring on a Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) special interview programme, ‘One-on-One.’
Bawa said Nigerians need to stop “worshipping people that have money”, and start questioning the sources of their wealth.
He said he would not do anything contrary to his conscience, and that the EFCC under his watch will abide by the law.
“The Commission under my watch will continue to abide by the rule of law. If anybody asks me to do anything contrary to my conscience or against the rule of law, I will resign my appointment.”
He stated that fighting corruption was an onerous task that should not be left in the hands of EFCC alone and urged Nigerians to stop glorifying corruption and corrupt people in the society.
Mr Bawa also said there was no going back the directive that all bankers should start declaring their assets as from June 1, 2021.
“laws permit the commission to investigate assets of public officers including bankers,” he said.
“There is a law called the Bank Employee Declaration of Assets, Act 1986. We are not saying they should declare their assets to us.
“What we are saying is that they should declare it to the statutory bodies. We are going to be calling for it.
“As a Commission, we need to know what you have as a banker. Come June 1, 2021, we are going to be asking for it.”
