The Ola Olukoyede-led Management of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have honoured officers and teams who discharged their assignments outstandingly in the line of duties of the year 2024.
Among the recipients were 35 officers and 30 Sections of the Commission.
The breakdown shows that 20 officers emerged from each Department as Staff of the Year, while 15 prosecutors were honoured from each Zonal Directorate for securing the highest convictions.
Awards for the highest recoveries and highest convictions went to 15 Sections each from across the Zonal Directorate; as Sokoto Directorate won the Best Zonal Directorate of the year.
While the staff of the Year went to CSE Alvan Gurumnaan of the Department of Special Duties.
The late ASE II Aminu Harisu Sahabi who paid the supreme sacrifice in the course of duties, got post humous award for bravery.
Staff of the year went home with a brand new car. Best Staff in Departments were rewarded with N500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira); Prosecutors of the year went home with N1,000,000 (One Million Naira). The 30 Sections with the highest recoveries and convictions also went home with N1,000,000 (One Million Naira) each.
The Zonal Directorate of the Year was rewarded with One Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira only. The Administration Block of the EFCC Academy was equally named after the late Sahabi.
