The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disclosed that it secured a total of 3,785 convictions across all its commands in 2022.
The agency made the disclosure in a statement released on Wednesday.
The figure, which emerged from a review of the anti-graft agency’s performance in the outgone year, shows a 70.5 percent improvement over its record for the year 2021 which was exactly 2220.
According to the agency, the figure also represents a 98.93 percent success rate in prosecution given that the commission lost only 41 cases, representing 1.07 percent within the period.
The Lagos Command of the agency, as it was in 2021, recorded the most with 765 convictions, closely followed by the Ibadan command with 573 convictions and the Port Harcourt zonal command with 567, while the headquarters recorded 314 convictions.
The statement revealed that the conviction secured by the EFCC in 2022 is its highest since inception, and sustains an upward trajectory that began shortly after the emergence of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
It added, “The Buhari administration was elected in 2015 on a tripod of promises- anti-corruption, economic recovery, and security. In 2015, EFCC recorded a total of 103 convictions. This shot to 195 convictions in 2016, the first full year in office of the Buhari administration.
“The figure improved to 312 in 2018, 1280 in 2019, dropped slightly to 976 convictions in 2020, the year of covid-19, then moved up to 2220 in 2021.
“The percentile improvement of the EFCC convictions in the seven years of the Buhari administration from 103 to 3785, is over 3574.8 per cent”
Commenting on the performance, the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, commended the personnel of the commission for their industry and dedication despite the challenges of criminal prosecution in court.
