‘I have fired 40 of my agents for being corrupt’, says Nigeria’s anti-corruption chief

Ola Olukoyede said under his leadership the EFCC's Department of Internal Affairs had been renamed "the Department of Ethics and Integrity" Nigeria's anti-corruption agency has dismissed more than 40 employees for alleged corruption and financial misconduct over the past three years."In the past two-and-a-half years or three years of my service, I've asked them to dismiss over 40 staff on account of corruption and financial malpractice," Olukoyede told journalists at the briefing in the capital, Abuja.

The disclosure was made by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Ola Olukoyede, at an event assessing the agency's achievements since he took the helm in October 2023.