The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed 27 officers for alleged fraudulent activities and gross misconduct in a decisive move to uphold its integrity.
The dismissals, finalized in 2024, followed recommendations from the agency’s staff disciplinary committee and were approved by EFCC Executive Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede. The action underscores the commission’s commitment to accountability within its workforce.
In a statement issued on Monday, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale reaffirmed the agency’s zero-tolerance policy for corruption. He emphasized that the EFCC remains resolute in maintaining high ethical standards.
Chairman Olukoyede also stressed that no officer is exempt from disciplinary measures, adding that the EFCC’s commitment to internal accountability is critical to its fight against graft.
“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 would always be held in optimal regard at all times,” Oyewale stated.
Meanwhile, the commission has alerted the public of the sinister activities of impersonators and blackmailers using the name of its chairman to extort money from high-profile suspects being investigated by the agency.
EFCC said 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, demanding $1million from him for “Olukoyede to give him soft landing” on a non-existing investigation.
The anti-graft agency said such characters are still on the loose seeking their victims.
The commission said, “Olukoyede remains a man of integrity who cannot be swayed by monetary influences.
The statement enjoined the public to always report such disreputable elements to the commission.
“Additionally, the EFCC is aware of moves being hatched in some quarters to blackmail officers of the commission through unwholesome means. Suspects being investigated for some 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,” Oyewale said in the statement.
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