{"id":59062,"date":"2025-01-06T20:24:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59062"},"modified":"2025-01-06T20:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:24:36","slug":"efcc-fires-27-officers-for-fraud-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/06\/efcc-fires-27-officers-for-fraud-misconduct\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Fires 27 Officers for Fraud, Misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Emmanuel Ogbodo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has dismissed 27 officers over fraud and professional misconduct, following recommendations from its Staff Disciplinary Committee and approval by Executive Chairman Ola Olukoyede.<br \/>\nIn a statement on Monday, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale reaffirmed the commission\u2019s zero-tolerance policy for corruption, stating that no officer is above scrutiny or disciplinary measures.<br \/>\nOlukoyede also pledged thorough investigations into all allegations, including a $400,000 fraud case involving a Sectional Head, underscoring the EFCC\u2019s commitment to accountability.<br \/>\nAdditionally, the commission cautioned the public against impersonators and blackmailers exploiting the chairman\u2019s name for extortion.<br \/>\nIt cited the recent arraignment of two suspects, Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim, at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja.<br \/>\nThe duo allegedly attempted to extort $1 million from former Nigerian Ports Authority Managing Director, Mohammed Bello-Koko, under false pretenses.<br \/>\n\u201cThe public is encouraged to report such schemes,\u201d the EFCC stated, emphasizing that Olukoyede remains immune to monetary influence.<br \/>\nReiterating its dedication to transparency and justice, the commission urged the public to ignore blackmail attempts and affirmed its unwavering resolve to combat corruption.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel Ogbodo The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has dismissed 27 officers over fraud and professional misconduct, following recommendations from its Staff Disciplinary Committee and approval by Executive Chairman Ola Olukoyede. In a statement on Monday, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale reaffirmed the commission\u2019s zero-tolerance policy for corruption, stating that no officer is above [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-59062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59064,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59062\/revisions\/59064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}