The Chairman of the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appointed Chief of Staff and 14 directors for the Zonal Commands of the agency.
This was revealed by Dele Oyewale, the spokesperson for the EFCC in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja.
He said in line with the agency’s restructuring, Olukoyede has appointed Mr Michael Nzekwe, a former Commander of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC as his Chief of Staff.
The statement indicated that Nzekwe is a topnotch investigator, lawyer and a Course One officer of the Commission has served in various departments in the anti-graft agency including Legal and Prosecution Department, Department of Operations (now Department of Investigations), Department of Internal Affairs ( now Department of Ethics and Integrity, Servicom, and Asset Forfeiture Department.
The statement also indicated that as part of his restructuring and repositioning of the EFCC, Olukoyede has upgraded all the Zonal Commands of the Commission to the status of Departments, with each of them headed by a Director.
“To this effect, 14 new Directors have been appointed to head each of the Zonal Commands.
“Additionally, to bolster and fortify the security architecture of the Commission, the Security Unit of the EFCC has been upgraded to a Department with a seasoned officer appointed as Director, Security and Chief Security Officer.
Mr Olukoyede has created a new Department under his office headed by former Makurdi Zonal Commander of the EFCC, Mr. Friday Ebelo who also doubles as Director and Coordinator, Special Duties at the corporate headquarters of the Commission.
The former Department of Internal Affairs has been renamed Department of Ethics and Integrity and minor reshuffling effected in some Departments at the headquarters.
