EFCC Reports Convictions, Recoveries and Reforms in 34-Month Scorecard

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it secured 10,872 convictions during a 34-month period, presenting the figure as evidence of a more focused and enforcement-driven approach to corruption and financial crime.

EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede said the commission received 49,673 petitions and investigated 39,615 cases between October 2023 and July 2026. Prosecutors filed 14,476 cases in court, producing a conviction-to-filing ratio of 75.1%. In the first half of 2026 alone, the commission recorded 1,370 convictions from 1,889 filings.

The figures also point to a changing mix of financial offences. The commission recorded 46,288 offences across nine major categories from 2024 through its 2026 year-to-date data. Advance-fee fraud and cybercrime together made up nearly two-thirds of the total. Recorded offences increased 24.1% from 2024 to 2025, with procurement fraud, bank fraud, cybercrime and economic-governance offences showing notable rises.

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No office or title places anyone beyond the reach of the law.

Olukoyede framed the campaign as broader than the prosecution of senior officials. He said the commission was also protecting citizens, businesses and institutions from fraud, cyber-enabled crime and other forms of economic exploitation.

The EFCC’s high-profile caseload includes former governors, ministers, agency heads, financial-sector operators and corporate officials. Olukoyede cited recent convictions involving Saleh Mamman, Robert Orya and Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, and said no office or title should place anyone beyond the reach of the law.

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The fight against economic and financial crime is not only about grand corruption.