Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has conferred a Posthumous
Award of Bravery on a slain officer of the Commission, Assistant
Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE II. Aminu Harisu Sahabi.
He 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 cold blood in Awka,
Anambra State on January 17, 2025 while on an official assignment to apprehend
suspected internet fraudsters.
Accompanied by the Director, Finance and
Accounts of the Commission, Commander of the EFCC, CE Ahmed Pate, Ag. Director
Sokoto Zonal Directorate, DCE Nwanneka Nwokike and management staff of
the EFCC Sokoto zonal Directorate, Olukoyede consoled the bereaved family
assuring that the Commission shares in their pains
"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".
He 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 of Nigeria to the family.
Continuing, the EFCC’s boss stressed that,
" 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".
Responding on behalf of the late officer’s
family, Justice Mohammed Lawal Shuaibu JCA, thanked the Executive
Chairman and his team for the visit. He commended the Commission for its
intervention in conveying the late officer’s corpse home for burial.
His words "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".
Upon arrival at the EFCC’s Sokoto Zonal
Directorate, Olukoyede inspected a guard of honour and held meetings with
officers of the Commission.
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