EFCC chairman visits, confer posthumous award on slain officer

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has conferred a posthumous award of bravery on a slain officer, Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE II Aminu Sahabi.

Olukoyede disclosed this in Sokoto on Friday, February 7, 2025, when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the late officer at the Gawon Nama area of Sokoto metropolis, Sokoto State.

Sahabi was killed in Awka, Anambra State on January 17, 2025, while on an official assignment to apprehend suspected internet fraudsters.

Accompanied by the Director of Finance and Accounts of the EFCC, Ahmed Pate, Acting Director Sokoto Zonal Directorate, Nwanneka Nwokike, and management staff of the EFCC Sokoto Zonal Directorate, Olukoyede consoled the bereaved family assuring that the commission shares in their pains.

He said, “As a commission, we share in the pains and grief of the loss, but we cannot question the time that the Lord calls us home. The late Aminu was a gallant officer full of promise and in the services of his fatherland when he met with the tragic incident. Indeed, Allah gives and Allah takes.”

Olukoyede further said, “I am personally here to assure you that his sacrifice will never be forgotten nor will those accused of the heinous act of his murder be allowed to go free. They must and they will face the full wrath of the law.”

“There is nothing on earth that can replace the loss of a loved one but let us be consoled that Allah’s timing cannot be questioned and continue to pray for the repose of his soul,” he added.

The EFCC boss then conferred a posthumous award for bravery to the late officer and a condolence letter on behalf of the EFCC and the Federal Government to the family.

Olukoyede stressed, “Going forward, I want to assure you that the family will not be forgotten as I will make time to visit intermittently because for us in the EFCC, we are a family. We have finished processing the benefits of the late officer and will be released to the next of kin immediately.”

Speaking on behalf of the late officer’s family, Justice Mohammed Shuaibu thanked the chairman and his team for the visit. He commended the commission for its intervention in conveying the late officer’s corpse home for burial.

According to him “I was literally on the phone with the Chairman consecutively after the incident and we also saw the delegation of the EFCC during the burial of our son led by the secretary to the commission.”

He added, “As a family, we also express our gratitude to the family for naming a building at the EFCC Academy, Abuja after our son to immortalise his sacrifice.”