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Last Updated: Aug 27, 2008 - 10:58:19 AM |
The dismissal of the officials - three senior and junior staff, four
cadet officers and one management official - was endorsed by the
chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
Mrs. Farida Waziri.
A statement issued by the commission's media director, Mr. Femi
Babafemi, said the officers were dismissed between August 2007 and
August 2008.
Routine investigations carried out by the commission discovered serious
anomalies in the qualification of ten of the dismissed staff, implying
that they had forged their certificates.
But the commission relieved the ten officers without being prosecuted.
However, charges will be proferred against an anti-corruption official,
Mr. Davies Idrisu Ibrahim, arrested in Lagos last week for allegedly
conniving with others to defraud. Mr. Ibrahim is expected to be
arraigned in court this week.
The EFCC believed that Ibrahim's prosecution - a break away from its
tradition of allowing suspects to go free - would no doubt serve as a
deterrent to those who may want to use the name of the commission to
commit crimes.
Source:Ocnus.net 2008
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