The executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has appointed Michael Nzekwe as his chief of staff.

The EFCC boss also appointed zonal directors for each of the 14 Zonal Commands of the commission.

Mr Nzekwe, an investigator, lawyer and former commander of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC, is a course one officer of the commission.

He has served in various departments in the commission, including Legal and Prosecution Department, Department of Operations (now Department of Investigations), Department of Internal Affairs (now Department of Ethics and Integrity), Servicom, and Asset Forfeiture Department.

As an administrator, he has attended several trainings and courses home and abroad, including the Advance Defence Intelligence Officers Course organised by Defence Intel Agency, DIA. The appointment takes immediate effect and he has assumed duties.

Mr Olukoyede, in his restructuring and repositioning of the EFCC, equally upgraded all the zonal commands of the commission to the status of departments, with each of them headed by a director.

To this effect, 14 new directors have been appointed to head each of the Zonal Commands.