BREAKING: Magu Probe: ‘No One Is Too Big To Tackle,’ Says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration’s fight against corruption does not recognize any sacred cow and would not spare any individual, no matter how highly placed, if found guilty of fraud.

Buhari said this after receiving the final report of the judicial panel of inquiry investigating the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, at the State House in Abuja.

The panel’s chairman, Justice Ayo Salami, submitted the report to the president at the Presidential Villa on Friday.

Buhari said, “Corruption is present in all countries. Some Governments treat it with levity. Some fight it all the time. I want Nigeria to be counted among those countries that do not tolerate but fight corruption.

“We have since inception engaged in many reforms in removing corruption including but not limited to the enforcement of Treasury Single Account (TSA), strict implementation of the Bank Verification Number (BVN) Policy, and signing on to the Open Government Partnership.

“We have so far kept faith with our promise and shall remain committed until Nigeria triumphs over the evil of corruption, attain a prosperous economic status and surmounts her security challenges.

“Let it be known that in the fight against corruption, no one is too big to tackle, as no individual is bigger than the Nigerian State!,” he said.