Criminal-minded public officials fill in the asset declaration form to anticipate what they will steal, Oukoyede

The Chairperson of the Executive of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, MR, Ola Olukoyede has revealed that many public officials are now perfecting the accident of the anticipated asset declaration to justify what is intended to steal public funds and other acts of corruption.

He stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 delivered a goodwill message at the launch of a virtual device on the code of ethics for public officials organized by the Code of Ethics Bureau, CCB in collaboration with technical units on good governance and anti-corruption reforms, Tugar.

Explaining how the declaration of anticipatory assets was carried out, he revealed that, “There is an investigation that we did and we found something that was not too strange that proved how criminal a number of people who were exposed politically carried out several activities that we did not find. The form brought a different address from the address of the property location.

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He urged the CCB leadership to record such criminality and intensify the investigation through innovative ways to reduce corruption,

Attorney General Federation and the Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi showed that the foundation of public services is compliance with service standards and ethics. He praised the virtual device designed by CCB as an important milestone in digitalization and investigation of public behavior technology, which states that it will promote compliance and prevention awareness. He ordered civil servants to embrace new tools to improve behavior in public services.

Head of Service, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack emphasized that, “We must use technology to solve problems. This is faster, smarter and more transparent. Without behavior and ethics there is no reform that will last long.

In his opening speech, Chairman of the Code of Ethics Bureau, Abdullahi Usman Bello explained that the tool would make public officials responsible and easy to use.

“This tool will ensure that civil servants carry out their duties at high prices and educate them on steps for steps and regulations that guide them,” he said.