Paying Whistleblowers Not Our Duty – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
says it is not directly involved in the payment of
whistleblowers.
The Spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson
Uwujaren, said this in statement while reacting
to reports that the informant of the seized
N13bn Ikoyi cash had been neglected.
The EFCC spokesman further stated that the
acting Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ibrahim
Magu, never said the whistleblower had been
paid but merely stated that the man would be a
millionaire and that he was undergoing
counselling.
The statement read in part, "Magu never said
that the young man has been paid. The
commission is not even directly responsible for
the payment of rewards to whistleblowers."
Uwujaren said there was no hanky-panky
involved as the whistleblower and officials of the
National Intelligence Agency which laid claim to
the money, took part in the recovery and
counting of the money.
He added, "There is also no controversy about
the exact amount recovered in the operation
which was streamed live, the first of its kind,
and witnessed by the whistle blower, security at
the Towers and representative of the Agency
which claimed ownership of the money."