EFCC, ICAN, to collaborate in tackling financial crimes

The Benin Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), ACE I Kanu Idagu, hosted the executives of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Benin District Society, in his office, during which he reiterated the Commission’s commitment to collaborate and synergize with relevant bodies and associations in the fight against economic and financial crimes in the country.

He expressed the Commission’s willingness to collaborate with ICAN in capacity building and training, emphasizing that collaboration was one of their core values.

In response, Dr Sharlywest Eboigbe, the Chairman of the Benin District, expressed their desire to explore areas for collaboration and partnership with the Commission, particularly in training their members on emerging fraud.

Chairman of the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, Edo State Chapter, Osaro Ekhator, visited the Commission on the same day and expressed the association’s readiness to collaborate with the EFCC to sanitize the sector.

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Ekhator commended the Commission for its role in fighting financial crimes and pledged to work with them to report fraud whenever it occurred.

The Zonal Commander commended both associations for their visits, stating that their willingness to conform to the rules showed their responsibility.

He, however, warned that the Commission would prosecute those who collaborated with fraudsters to defraud innocent people of their hard-earned money.