EFCC to Introduce Lie Detector Tests to Oust Corrupt Officials

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde has unveiled sweeping new reforms in order to sanitize the apex anti-corruption body in the country including the application of Polygraph or Lie detector tests.

Lamorde who appeared before the Senate in order to defend his appointment by Goodluck Jonathan admitted that there was rot in the EFCC.

The EFCC boss revealed, “There is this perception that there is corruption in the agency, I want to tell you that to some extent that is correct. Since I assumed office as the Acting Chairman, I have been trying to address some of the issues.

“As I speak to you, we have three of our personnel that are in detention for acts that are unacceptable by the standards of our anti corruption agency. We have also initiated prosecution against two other officers. The cases are in court.”

The Senate confirmed his appointment even as Lamorde shed further details on his planned reforms for the agency.

He said, “Going forward, I have decided to establish an internal affairs department and the department of professional standards whereby every employee of the commission, including myself, will be vetted at entry into the agency and also periodically to see whether one’s lifestyle is commensurate with one’s income and if somebody is having a lifestyle that is unacceptable to the agency.

“I have decided to introduce a polygraph test for everybody. We are going to acquire machine and ask all of our staff to undergo polygraph test. There is no way an agency like the EFCC can go out and perform its functions when people out there are of the perception that corruption also has infested the commission.”

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   Justice

   February 19, 2012 at 2:20 am

   Please, I am just wondering if there is anyway EFCC can be called into a clear fraud attempt by a bank in Nigeria? The bank in question changed the banking system created for Nigerians abroad, then the sharp practice they deviced was to forge signatures and claimed that the signature sent by the customer to authorise the movement of the fund to a new account. Even more shocking, is the claim that only one signature of the customer could be found from all the many signatures sent in during the creating of the former acccount.
   There are many cases of such incident where those banks use that frustration to do away with the money of those who could not get the chance of gettting to Nigeria.
   Can one really get the EFCC to wade into such criminal case?