‘I have fired 40 of my agents for being corrupt’, says Nigeria’s anti-corruption chief

Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Ola Olukoyede, has announced the dismissal of over 40 employees from the agency for alleged corruption and financial misconduct over the past three years. The announcement was made at an event assessing the EFCC's achievements since Olukoyede took the helm in October 2023.

The dismissed officials, who were facing prosecution, were part of reforms Olukoyede had overseen at the agency. He introduced a new department focused on ethics and integrity and a policy on gifts and hospitality, requiring officers to declare gifts from relatives abroad. Despite the dismissals, Olukoyede highlighted the agency's achievements, including recovering 1.23 trillion naira ($925m, £683m) and securing 10,872 convictions in the past three years. The EFCC's caseload is increasingly focused on cybercrime and fraud.

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