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The EFCC operatives broke down doors of hotel guests in the dead of the night and sometimes opened fire on on them, sexual harassment of women by groping them in the genitals was also rife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States government says the economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) led by Abdulrasheed Bawa, no longer prosecutes high-profile persons who are corrupt. Washington says president Muhammadu Buhari administration much touted war on corruption spearheaded Bawa&#8217;s EFCC is now targeted at mainly \u201clow-level\u201d and \u201cmid-level\u201d fraudsters, especially corrupt government officials. 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