The {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC) dismissed 27 officers in 2024 for partaking in fraudulent actions and misconduct.
This was disclosed in an announcement by the commissions Head, media and publicity, Dele Oyewale, on its official x account.
The dismissals adopted suggestions from the EFCC’s Employees Disciplinary Committee and have been ratified by the Fee’s Govt Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede.
The officers have been faraway from their positions after being discovered responsible of varied offenses associated to fraud and misconduct. Mr. Olukoyede emphasised the Fee’s unwavering stance on corruption, reiterating that no officer is above disciplinary motion.
“Each modicum of allegation towards any employees of the Fee would all the time be investigated, together with a trending $400,000 declare of a yet-to-be-identified supposed employees of the EFCC towards a Sectional Head,” he acknowledged.
The EFCC Chairman additional burdened that the Fee’s core values would all the time be upheld, reinforcing the Fee’s zero-tolerance coverage for corruption.
The EFCC additionally issued a warning relating to the actions of impersonators and blackmailers utilizing the identify of its Govt Chairman to extort cash from people underneath investigation.
The Fee revealed that two members of a suspected syndicate, Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim, have been lately arraigned earlier than Justice Jude Onwuebuzie of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Excessive Court docket in Abuja.
The duo allegedly contacted Mr. Mohammed Bello-Kaka, the previous Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, demanding $1 million for “Olukoyede to offer him a gentle touchdown” in a non-existent investigation.
In gentle of those developments, the EFCC emphasised that such fraudulent people are nonetheless energetic, concentrating on high-profile suspects.
The Fee urged the general public to report any such fraudulent actions to the authorities.
