The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has conferred a posthumous award of bravery on a slain officer of the Commission, Assistant Superintendent Aminu Sahabi.
Sahabi was killed in cold blood in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on January 17, 202,5, while on an official assignment to apprehend suspected internet fraudsters.
A statement on Saturday by the commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said Olukoyede disclosed this in Sokoto when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the late officer.
“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.
“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”, the statement quoted the chairman as saying.
Oyewale said the EFCC boss then conferred a posthumous award of bravery to the late officer and a condolence letter on behalf of the EFCC and the Federal Government of Nigeria to the family.
“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”, Olukoyede said.
Responding on behalf of the late officer’s family, Justice Mohammed Shuaibu thanked the EFCC chairman and his team for the visit.
He commended the Commission for its intervention in conveying the late officer’s corpse home for burial.
He said, “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”.
Earlier, upon arrival at the EFCC’s Sokoto Zonal Directorate office, the Olukoyede inspected a guard of honour and held meetings with officers of the Commission.
