EFCC Sacks 27 Officers for Fraudulent Activities, Misconduct

To rid its fold of fraudulent elements, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced the dismissal of twenty-seven (27) officers from its workforce in 2024. 

According to a statement by Dele Oyewale its Head of Media and Publicity, they were dismissed for various offences bordering on fraudulent activities and misconduct. following the recommendation of a Staff Disciplinary Committee of the organisation and ratified by the Executive Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede. 

The statement said “Olukoyede reiterated the commitment of the Commission to zero tolerance for corruption, warning that no officer is immune to disciplinary measures. Every modicum of allegation against any staff of the Commission would always be investigated, including a trending $400,000 claim of a yet-to-be-identified supposed staff of the EFCC against a Sectional Head. The core values of the Commission are sacrosanct and will always be held in optimal regard at all times.

“The Commission also wishes to alert the public of the sinister activities of impersonators and blackmailers using the name of its Executive Chairman to extort money from high-profile suspects being investigated by the EFCC.

“Two members of an alleged syndicate, Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim were recently arraigned before Justice Jude Onwuebuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja for allegedly contacting a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mr. Mohammed Bello-Kaka and demanding $1million from him for “Olukoyede to give him soft landing” on a non-existing investigation. Such characters are still on the loose seeking victims.

“The public is enjoined to always report such disreputable elements to the Commission.

Additionally, the EFCC is aware of moves being hatched in some quarters to blackmail Commission officers through unwholesome means. Suspects being investigated for economic and financial crimes who have failed to compromise their investigators would always clutch at any straw. Such blackmailers should not be accorded any form of attention.

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