@article{MAKHILLTSS2021161024900,
    title = {Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) Performance in Combating
Corruption in Nigeria: Buhari’s Administration in Perspective (2015-2020)},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {16},
    number = {10},
    pages = {180-191},
    year = {2021},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2021.180.191},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2021.180.191},
    author = {Nwokwu,Ugbala and},
    keywords = {embezzlement,advance fee fraud,money laundering,financial crimes,Corruption},
    abstract = {Corruption remains a cankerworm that has
continued to hinder genuine efforts towards development
in Nigeria. Several efforts have been put in place to curb
the menace but it still manifests in various forms. This
study was carried out to specifically examine the extent to
which the EFCC has reduced money laundering in
Buhari’s regime; to find out the extent to which the EFCC
has reduced cybercrimes in Buhari’s regime and to assess
how the EFCC has reduced the incidences of
embezzlement of public funds in Buhari’s administration.
The study was anchored on Deterrence theory espoused
by Cesare Beccaria in 1764. The study adopted content
analytical technique to analyze data for the study. The
study revealed the following among others that the EFCC
has not significantly reduced money laundering in
Buhari’s regime; that the EFCC has demonstrated
commitments towards reducing cybercrimes in this
regime and that the EFCC has not significantly reduced
incidences of embezzlement of public fund in Buhari’s
regime. The study concluded that development will
continue to elude our country as long as corruption
continues to ravage the polity. The researcher therefore,
recommended among others that the operatives of the
EFCC should always carry out thorough investigations in
order to win more cases of money laundering.}
    }