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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Olanopekun Olukoyede, has embarked on critical restructuring of the agency for better operational efficiency, leading to the appointment of his new Chief of Staff, Michael Nzekwe, while upgrading all the zonal commands of the agency to departments and the appointment 14 new directors.
This was disclosed in a statement by Mr. Dele Oyewale, EFCC spokesperson, saying that the security unit of the agency has now been upgraded to a department with a chief security officer at the head.
The statement explained: “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.
A new department has also been created in the executive chairman’s office and it is 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 newly appointed chief of staff to the EFCC chairman, Nzekwe, was before now the commander of the Ilorin zonal command and a course one officer.
He has attended courses and trainings, home and abroad.
He is a lawyer and an investigator, who had served in various departments of the anti-graft agency, including legal and prosecution, operations (now department of investigations), internal affairs (now department of ethics and integrity), Servicom, and asset forfeiture.
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