EFCC NAMES ACADEMY BUILDING AFTER SLAIN OFFICER
26-01-25
By Sadiq Aminu As a gesture of immortalizing a slain officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has named its Academy’s administration Building in Karu, Abuja after Mr Aminu Salisu who was allegedly shot dead recently by suspected Internet Fraudsters in Awka, Anambra State.
Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday, January 25, 2025 while addressing staff of the Commission at the Annual Rewards and Recognition Ceremony held at the EFCC’s Academy.
Mr Olukoyede said Late Salisu had paid the supreme price in the service of the nation and his memory should be kept alive.
“We are saddened by the loss of our officer while on official assignment. He was a gallant officer and to this effect, the administrative block of the Academy is hereby named after him”, he said.
Thirty six officers of the Commission were rewarded in different categories for their outstanding performances.
The categories include section with highest recovery, section with highest conviction, lawyer with highest conviction, best Departmental staff, Best zonal Directorate, staff of the year.
Commenting on the winners of various rewards, the EFCC boss stated that ‘’I want to congratulate all the winners for their roles. I can only charge you all not to rest on our oars. Excellence is not about doing things right once in a while, it is about doing things right all the time.
The EFCC Chairman urged the Staff and operatives to keep the Flag flying irrespective of challenges.
”You need to continue to offer the best as the reward for hard work is more work’’.
He explained that the EFCC had created new brand in areas of records and convictions, especially, the single largest arrest made last year.
“We actually broke new brands in terms of records and convictions in the year 2024. In the future we can look back and recall the year 2024 as the year our agency made history with the single largest property for officials and single largest arrests in an operation in Nigeria”. Mr. Olukoyede.
Mr. Olukoyede also disclosed that 900 staff had been promoted as well as the reinstatement of life and property insurance for staff.
He warned officers of the Commission against compromise of the core values of the EFCC, stressing that ‘’the internal cleansing going on in the Commission will spare no one’’’.
Among recipients of the rewards, Chief Superintendent of the EFCC, CSE Alvan Gurumnaan emerged Best Staff of the Year and awarded with Brand new Car while the Sokoto Zonal Directorate emerged the Best Directorate of the Year rewarded with cash.
Others received awards and cash reward for outstanding performance with EFCC in 2024, Bitrus Yakubu, Katmi Kefas, Halilu Dauda, Nenman Danladi, Oluwakemi Aaron, Yusuf Umar, Michael Adukwu Uchechika, David Solomon.