Acting Zonal Director,EFCC, Effa I. Okim addressing newsmen in Warri
By Cynthia Eruotor
Against the backdrop of the rising rate of crime and criminality in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has tasked all stakeholders especially the media to join hands to fight crime in the society. The body made this call today, Tuesday,when addressing news men in Warri.
The body which spoke through the Acting Zonal Director of EFCC, Edo, Delta and Ondo States, Effa I. Okim said, the fight against crime and criminality can not be left in the hands of agency, adding that, with the collectivty of all and sundry, the war against this ugly monster can be won. The Acting Zonal Director, EFCC said the society would be comfortable for all to live if everybody collaborates to fish out criminals in the society.
According to Acting Zonal Director, many parents have not got time to rebuke their children for wrong doing as many of them even encourage them in wrong way of life especially in the pursuit of material wealth which, according to him, has made them go into criminal activities. According to Okim, he is very much aware that the fight was not going to be easy but with the collaboration of all, the battle would be won.
He said:” l know, fighting crime is not going to be easy but with your collaboration, it would be easy“.
According to Acting Zonal Director of EFCC,it is not only those who engage in crime and criminality that would be arrested and prosecuted but those who aid and abeit the crime in the society adding that, with the collaboration of the media and other stakeholders,crime in the country would not only be reduced to the barest minimum but would be eradicated in its totality.
He said, with the way children behave in the society today shows that something was wrong somewhere which needed to be corrected adding that, if remedy is sought now, the earlier norms and values of the ancient days can not be restored.
His words:”When l watch the way our children behave these days, l ask myself, where have we gone wrong? Where did we depart from our culture? This means, somebody is not playing his roles. We have to restore our culture for things to move well“.
The Acting Zonal Director of EFCC called on parents and guardians to warn their children to shun crime as the law is not a respecter of anybody saying, anybody caught in the act of criminality would be seriously dealt with according to the law.