BREAKING: EFCC Chairman appoints Chief of Staff, 14 Zonal Directors, In major restructuring

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has announced a major restructuring, with the appointment of Michael Nzekwe as his Chief of Staff.

The restructuring is to strengthen the commission to effectively deliver on its mandate.

In a statement by the Commission’s Head of Publicity, Dele Oyewale, on Saturday, the agency also appointed zonal directors for each of the 14 zonal commands of the commission.

The statement said the new Chief of Staff is a seasoned lawyer and former commander of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the anti-graft agency.

According to the statement, he has served in various departments in the Commission, including the 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.

“A seasoned administrator, he has attended several trainings and courses home and abroad, including the Advance Defence Intelligence Officers Course organised by Defence Intel Agency, DIA. The appointment takes immediate effect and he has assumed duties,” the statement said

The statement further stated that the Chairman, in his restructuring and repositioning of the EFCC, has upgraded all the zonal commands of the Commission to the status of Departments, with each of them headed by a Director.

The statement said, 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 the former Makurdi Zonal Commander of the EFCC, 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.