“The agency has redeployed a total of 420 officers in two phases: an initial 250 officers on August 2, 2024, followed by additional 170 officers on August 9, 2024.”... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶ ... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has redeployed no fewer than 420 of its investigative officers from its national headquarters in Abuja to regional branches.
According to a top source within the agency who spoke to SaharaReporters, the anti-graft authorities took this measure to curb the escalating corruption within the agency and restore its integrity.
“The agency has redeployed a total of 420 officers in two phases: an initial 250 officers on August 2, 2024, followed by additional 170 officers on August 9, 2024.”
“EFCC just posted out lots of investigative officers out of its head office to regions, mostly corrupt officers. They did 250 on August 2 and another 170 today,” the source told SaharaReporters.
When contacted by SaharaReporters on Saturday, the EFCC Spokesman, Dele Oyewale confirmed the redeployment.
However, he denied that the administrative step was to be taken to sweep away corrupt officers from the national headquarters.
He said, “There is nothing unusual about it. It’s a normal administrative exercise. Every agency does it. It is normal movement. It’s meant to carry out the mandate of the commission more effectively. To ensure that people are rightly placed where they can deliver their best. So movement is normal. Redeployment is normal.
“There are no corrupt officers involved and there is no corruption. Anybody saying that is just insinuating mischief. The redeployment is for efficiency.”
SaharaReporters reported in July how certain individuals within the Enugu State police command and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were implicated in the kidnapping of Nigerian youths, particularly those suspected of being involved in online fraud, commonly referred to as ‘Yahoo boys’
Sources told SaharaReporters that the rogue police officers and EFCC officials formed a clandestine team that collaborates to apprehend suspected ‘Yahoo boys’, targeting their homes or detaining them on the streets, often for exploitative purposes.
According to sources, the security personnel have adopted a tactic akin to kidnapping, mimicking criminal organisations, as a means to circumvent the lack of evidence needed to formally arrest and charge suspected ‘Yahoo boys’, bypassing standard legal procedures.
SaharaReporters learnt that the squad’s victims are abducted and held captive in undisclosed locations until they meet the ransom demands, effectively being treated like kidnap victims.
