Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed 27 officers from its workforce in 2024 for offences related to fraudulent activities and misconduct.
The dismissal based on the recommendations of the EFCC Staff
Disciplinary Committee, was ratified by the Executive Chairman, Ola
Olukoyede.
The commission announced the dismissals in a statement signed by Dele
Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity, on Monday, January 6.
The officers were dismissed for various offences bordering on fraudulent
activities and misconduct.
“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,” the statement partly read
The anti-graft agency also alerted the public to the sinister activities
of impersonators and blackmailers using the name of its chairman to extort
money from high-profile suspects.
“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.
Olukoyede remains a man of integrity that cannot be swayed by monetary
influences. The public is enjoined to always report such disreputable elements
to the Commission,” the commission stated
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