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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has dismissed no fewer than 11 officials for forgery and other fraudulent acts.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has dismissed no fewer than 11 officials for forgery and other fraudulent acts.
Of the 11 dismissed officials, three were junior staff, four cadet officers, three senior staff and one management officer.
According to a statement by the Commission, the affected officers were shown the way out between August 2007 and August 2008.
All those dismissed for forgery were discovered after routine investigations carried out on them to verify the authenticity of their academic claims revealed serious anomalies.
Those dismissed on account of certificate forgery include Adamu Samson, Usman Muhammed, Muhammed Umar, Collins Nwachukwu, Shola Pedro, Olatunji Oluwakeri, Adaka James, Akinwamide Oluwaseyi, Mohammed Maina, and David Ibhawoh.
While the 10 officers dismissed on account of forgery were lucky to have gone without prosecution, the Chairman of the Commission, Mrs Farida Waziri has however directed that Mr Davies Idrisu Ibrahim who was arrested in Lagos last week for conniving with others to defraud a suspect should not only be dismissed but should be prosecuted.
He is expected to be charged to court this week.
'She gave the directive for the prosecution of the officer not only as a break from the past when such officers are allowed to go without trial but more importantly to send a strong signal to those who may want to use the name of the Commission to commit crime,' the statement added.