*6.1.1 Functions of EFCC*

The EFCC mission it to deploy necessary legal means to free Nigerians from greed, vestiges, and all avarice of corrupt practices, and does promote accountability, integrity, and transparency in both private and public sectors in Nigeria. Consequently, among others, the agency is charged with the underlisted functions following its establishment in 2003 by the President Olusegun Obasanjo led administration.


### *6.1.2 Achievements of EFCC*

The EFCC after its establishment has recorded success. For instance, it was able to persecute and investigate the issues of corruption in Nigeria and recovered the sum of 2.2 billion dollars after two years of its establishment [3]. In 2013, a recovery of more than 11 billion naira, 2 million dollars, and 45 thousand pounds sterling from corruptrelated crimes are found [3, 5]. The agency was also reported to have conducted more than 2,000 investigations and persecuted 485 in 2013. In that very year, 117 of the persecuted were convicted [6].
