EFCC probes own staff over N15m bribery allegation

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),  Ola Olukoyede has ordered immediate investigation of alleged bribery allegations imputed to some officers of the commission by Idris Okuneye(a.ka.a Bobrisky) in a viral video circulating across the country. Okuneye, an ex-convict had alleged in the video powered by Martins Vincent Otse( a.k.a VeryDarkMan) that […]

EFCC probes own staff over N15m bribery allegation

Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),  Ola Olukoyede has ordered immediate investigation of alleged bribery allegations imputed to some officers of the commission by Idris Okuneye(a.ka.a Bobrisky) in a viral video circulating across the country.

Okuneye, an ex-convict had alleged in the video powered by Martins Vincent Otse( a.k.a VeryDarkMan) that some unnamed officers of the EFCC collected the sum of N15,000,000( Fifteen Million Naira only) from him to drop money laundering charges against him.

In a swift reaction,  the EFCC’s boss constituted a team of investigators to critically look into the allegations.

To this end,  the commission invited both Okuneye and Otse to make themselves available at its Lagos Directorate to assist investigators unearth the alleged bribery.

The EFCC, in a statement yesterday by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, assured the public that the allegations would be thoroughly investigated and the result of the findings made public accordingly.