{"id":81445,"date":"2026-01-12T01:18:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81445"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:18:55","slug":"expose-me-if-ive-ever-taken-a-bribe-efcc-chair-dares-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/12\/expose-me-if-ive-ever-taken-a-bribe-efcc-chair-dares-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Expose Me If I\u2019ve Ever Taken a Bribe, EFCC Chair Dares Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EFCC Chairman Mr. Ola Olukoyede has publicly challenged Nigerians to provide evidence if he has ever accepted a bribe, emphasizing his commitment to integrity and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an event in Abuja, Olukoyede invited citizens, civil society groups, and the media to \u201cexpose me if I\u2019ve ever received bribe from you,\u201d insisting no unlawful payments have been made to him during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>He also addressed ongoing investigations, including the high-profile case involving former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami, clarifying that he inherited the matter and that the commission is acting without personal or political bias.<\/p>\n<p>Olukoyede\u2019s remarks come amid heightened public scrutiny of corruption and anti-graft agencies in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed that no corrupt practice will be tolerated within the EFCC, citing past dismissals and prosecutions of staff for misconduct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat EFCC Chairman Mr. Ola Olukoyede has publicly challenged Nigerians to provide evidence if he has ever accepted a bribe, emphasizing his commitment to integrity and accountability. Speaking at an event in Abuja, Olukoyede invited citizens, civil society groups, and the media to \u201cexpose me if I\u2019ve ever received bribe from you,\u201d insisting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":81446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-81445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81447,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81445\/revisions\/81447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}