EFCC dismisses two staff over corruption

• The dismissed officers will also face prosecution for their crimes, adding that their dismissal was part of the ongoing reforms at the commission

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has sacked two of its staff members over allegations of corruption.

The dismissed officers will also face prosecution for their crimes, adding that their dismissal was part of the ongoing reforms at the commission.

Chairman of the Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, made this known this during the opening of the 6th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference organised by the Rule of Law Development Foundation in Abuja.

Olukoyede, who disclosed that the two officials were dismissed two weeks ago, stated that workers of the agency can’t be seen engaging in activities they were set up to fight.

“So many other reforms are going on, the issue of our staff and all of that.

“Just two weeks ago, I caused the dismissal of two staff members. You can’t be fighting corruption and your hands are dirty. He who comes to equity, your hands must also be clean.

“And I say I will not only be dismissing them, I will also be prosecuting them because that is what we prosecute others for.

“So you will see that; we are preparing the case files of some of the people we have dismissed,” he stated.

The EFCC boss said he was once subjected to investigation for two years as EFCC secretary, adding that integrity was needed to survive, even as legal practitioners.

He said he had given a standing directive that no prosecution should be more than a 15-count charge.