Abstract

This paper discusses the successes and challenges being encountered by the Sokoto Zonal office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from its establishment in November, 2018 to date. The major objective of the paper is to discuss the successes so far recorded by the zonal office as well as the challenges faced by office; this is in order to make recommendations on how to improve its service delivery and to discharge its statutory duties effectively. The zonal office commenced operation with vital units/sections, which include: Admin, Advance Fee Fraud Section (AFF), Economic Governance (EG), Account and Finance, and Security. The paper adopts doctrinal research methodology to consult primary and secondary sources of law i.e. statutes, case law and textbooks coupled with online materials. The paper also consists of information and data generated from series of interviews made with EFCC Sokoto zonal office staff, legal practitioners, suspects and petitioners. The major observation of the research is that EFCC Sokoto zonal office needs more funding and logistics providence. It is therefore, recommended that government should boost the morale of the operatives of the office by meeting its infrastructural and logistics demand