Presidential nominee for the office of the acting Chairman of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, EFCC Mrs. Farida Waziri has pledged that “there will be no sacred cows in the fight against corruption” during her tenure.

The retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police stated this Wednesday, when she answered questions from members of the Senate Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes, who screened her today in Abuja.

Mrs. Waziri said that if confirmed by the Senate, she would focus on government ministries, agencies and the local government areas to ''nib corruption in the bud''.

“We will prevent our money from being misappropriated. We will start by preventing crime but when we fail, we will go into prosecution,” she said.

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Waziri said that she would work within the ambit of the law and would consult widely both locally and internationally in order to fight corruption in all its ramifications.

"We are not the ones to prove guilt but the court of law. We will work within the ambits of the law and God will help us never to step on innocent toes,'' she said.

“EFCC under me will never allow the pull-me-down syndrome. We will be transparent and work in accordance with the law.”

She said that she would set up a Monitoring/Intelligence Unit where officers would be trained to nib corruption and other crimes in the bud.

“The monitoring agents would go round to get information. We are going to go on a campaign to sensitise Nigerians on the need to fight corruption,'' she said.

She also commended the former EFCC Chairman, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, noting that the commission under him was a success story.

Other members of the commission also screened by the committee included Mr. Basil Anagoh, Mr. Paul Ogbole, Mr. Banjo Olaniyi, Alhaji Mohammed Jibo and Mr. Emmanuel Akomaye.

The committee is expected to submit the report of the screening to the Senate on Thursday.