100 senior lawyers on corruption trial – EFCC chair

No fewer than 100 senior lawyers are on trial for corruption-related offences, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Ola Olukoyede said yesterday

He spoke in Abuja at the second annual lecture of the Body of Benchers.

The event was attended by leading figures in the legal profession.

The EFCC chairman expressed concern over the growing involvement of lawyers in financial crimes.

He noted that the anti-graft agency had received multiple petitions against members of the profession.

“We have had calls to investigate quite a number of senior members of the Bar,” he said.

Olukoyede, a lawyer, added that investigations uncovered offences ranging from the diversion of clients’ funds to aiding money laundering.

“Before I came here, I checked our database and discovered that we have about 100 senior members of the Bar that we are prosecuting at the moment for those offences.

“It has become very necessary for us to work together,” he said.

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