By Olukayode Idowu
Justice of the Supreme Court, Moore Abraham Aseimo Adumein has commended the Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Investigators of Nigeria (CIFCFIN), for deploying cutting edge technology and forensic tools to root out corruption and financial crimes in the country.
“This is a game changer in winning the war on corruption and financial crimes currently bleeding the country dry,” he declared.
He was speaking recently during the Institute’s 9th Direct membership training graduation and Fellowship award ceremony at EFCC Academy in Abuja, shortly after his conferment as a Fellow of the Institute.
Justice Adumein enjoined Nigerians to brace up to fight corruption to a standstill. “Winning the war against corruption is a task for all Nigerians,” he posited adding: “We should always examine our consciences and if we do so by standing firm, honest, just and equitable in what we do in our respective offices or in all areas of our endeavour, I can tell you that we will live up to some of the portions of our renewed National Anthem, and we will definitely build a nation ‘where no man is oppressed, a nation blessed with peace and plenty, and handover to our children banners without stain.’”
Justice Abraham Aseimo Adumein, has an impeccable track record in the Nigerian judiciary long before his ascension to the Supreme Court as an anti-corruption crusader. This obviously informed his choice as one of the few Nigerians on the bench found worthy and given approval to undertake a Post Graduate Certificate course in Corruption Studies at Hong Kong University in collaboration with the world renowned Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) Academy, Hong Kong.
The President and Chairman-in-Council, CICFIN, Dr. Iliyasu Gashinbaki said the Justice is an anti- corruption warrior who the Institute is privileged to have as an ally “as we roll up our sleeves to root out corruption, fraud and other financial crimes in Nigeria.”
Speaking earlier on the topic: “Forensics: The Game Changer to Nigeria’s FINTECHs Trillion Naira Loss,” Gashinbaki underscored the crucial role of forensics and fraud investigations in securing Nigeria’s financial system against frauds and economic crimes. He said Financial Technology (Fintech) companies have been one of the most significant drivers of the economic growth in Nigeria and Africa, adding, however, that its rapid expansion has been accompanied by rising threats of frauds, cybercrimes and identity theft.
He therefore charged the new grandaunts of the Institute to make good use of the knowledge they had acquired in their training and position themselves to tackle Fintech associated frauds and other emerging financial crimes in the Nigerian economy.
The 9th Direct training of the Institute had 70 as chartered certified members with Fellowship bestowed on 15 eminent personalities from different fields of endeavour.