The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it is not going back on its decision to bar corrupt politicians from contesting in the 2011 general elections.
Abubakar Othman, Special Assistant to the EFCC Chairman on Public Enlightenment, gave the assurance on Thursday in Gombe when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Danjuma Goje.
He noted with regret that the commission’s decision to bar corrupt politicians was being misconstrued in some quarters to dissuade the anti-graft agency from sanitising the nation's polity.
Othman said the EFCC was determined to go ahead to carry out its plan in the best interest of the country.
He said the commission had been keeping a tab on the financial transactions involving some corrupt politicians currently aspiring to contest in the 2011 elections.
Othman said the commission would not hesitate to stand in their way to electoral success.
Othman said the Chairman of the commission had identified 54 corrupt PDP aspirants and recommended them to the party for disqualification from seeking public offices, promising that the same would be done for other political parties.
He said he was in support of death penalty for corrupt practices, stressing that such measure was imperative, considering the damage done to the nation by corruption.
Othman said the commission had embarked on public enlightenment across the country to ensure that Nigerians were duly informed on the need to elect credible politicians into public office.
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