The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has trained 305 Detective Assistant cadets as part of its commitment to the fight against economic and financial crimes in the country.
Abdulrashid Bawa, Executive Chairman of EFCC, said this during the passing out parade of the Detective Assistant Course 3/2022, at the Police Mobile Force Training College, in Nasarawa-Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
The 305 Detective Assistant cadets comprised 260 males and 45 females were selected across the country. They were availed of complete combat operation training facilitated by the Police Mobile Force and the EFCC for six months.
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Bawa said that the commission has continued to witness increasing successes in the fight against economic and financial crimes as it secured 3,785 convictions in 2022 alone.
The EFCC boss also attributed the successes of their operations as well as the recruitment and training of the cadets to President Muhammadu Buhari’s support and unwavering commitment in the fight against corruption.
He thanked the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali-Baba for supporting the Commission and availing it of the facility to be used for the training.
Commandant of the EFCC Academy, Ayo Olowonihi said the recruitment and training of the Detective Assistant cadets was a fulfillment of the President and Chairman’s cardinal policy object of human capital development in EFCC.
He thanked the Chairman for the opportunity given to the Academy to handle the tasks reassuring him of their readiness to do more in order to deliver on the mandate of the commission.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
