Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- Since Nuhu Ribadu, now national security adviser, it seems no executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has demonstrated a greater zeal to fight corruption in Nigeria than Ola Olukoyede, a lawyer and an insider who spent considerable time at the management level of the renowned anti-graft institution, before his appointment as executive chairman in October 2023.

His first task on settling in office just about three months ago had been the re-branding of the image of the EFCC, away from the unpleasant resemblance of the infamous secret political police of Nazi Germany, to one with a high premium for thorough professionalism that prioritises humaneness in the conduct of operations. And th...