The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial CrimesCommission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday, received an Award of Excellencefrom the United State of America’s Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI.
The award was presented to him at the EFCC Headquarters, Abuja by the FBIlegal attaché in Nigeria, Ahamdi Uche, who said MrMaga was recognised for his exceptional role in the joint field operation withthe FBI codenamed, “Operation Rewired”.
Operation Rewire is a financial crime-fighting collaborationthat is aimed at tackling the menace of cyber-crime popularly known as ‘yahoo yahoo” inlocal parlance.
TheFBI’s legal attache also commended Mr Magu’s leadership as well as the
Commission for the concerted efforts in the fight against corruption.