The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at the weekend, said

land fraud and cyber crimes are tops in cases being handled in the Southeast geopolitical zone.

The EFCC Southeast Zonal Commander, Aliyu Nuhu Naibi, who disclosed this shortly after a road walk in commemoration of this year’s International Anti-corruption Day, lamented that the ugly trend of land fraud was increasingly discouraging investments leading to lack of employment opportunities among others.

He said though the commission had put machineries in place to discourage the scourge, it is still the people and government of the region that should permanently end it.

The EFCC chief called on anti-corruption stakeholders to rise up and save the region from the ugly trends of land fraud and cybercrime in the best interest of the region and her youths.

On the road walk in Enugu, Naibi explained that it was meant to create awareness about the negative effects of corruption.

Delivering the speech of the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, Naibi called on anti-corruption stakeholders to unite and continue to support the commission to break the chain of corruption in the country.

“It is fitting that the theme of the 2023 International Anti- Corruption Day is UNCAC @ 20: Uniting the World against Corruption.

“For us at the EFCC, we remain committed to working with the corruption prevention template recommended by UNCAC.”