The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has admitted it sometimes needs Nigerian Air Force expertise to solve financial crime cases involving aircraft, a disclosure made on Wednesday, 29 July 2026, when Air Commodore M.A. Imam, Commander of 651 Base Services Group, Ikeja, visited the Commission’s Lagos Zonal Directorate 1.
The admission came from the EFCC side rather than the Air Force, showing an anti-graft body openly stating where its own investigative reach falls short.
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Imam told his hosts he had visited every other security service since resuming his post, and the EFCC was the last on his list.
That order of visits points to a gap in contact between the two institutions, one both sides now say they want closed through shared intelligence and technical support.
An admission of investigative limits
Acting Zonal Director Adebayo Adeniyi told Imam that the Commission occasionally handles investigations tied to aircraft and aviation, and that these cases require support and technical skill from the Air Force.
“Sometimes we conduct investigations involving aircraft and aviation-related matters, and we may need your support,” he said. He added that investigations of this kind are broad in scope, so the Air Force’s involvement is always important.
This is not the usual account of an anti-corruption body demonstrating strength. It is an account of an anti-corruption body naming a specific area where it needs outside technical skill to do its job.
Adeniyi did not name any particular case. He spoke only of a pattern, one where financial crime sometimes touches aviation, an area outside the Commission’s own specialised training.
What the Air Force wants from the EFCC in return
Imam was equally direct about why the Air Force needed the EFCC.
“We know you are very proficient when it comes to forensic investigation, money laundering, and terrorist financing, and we may need your expertise in those areas,” he said.
This shows the exchange runs in both directions. The Air Force defends Nigeria’s airspace but lacks the forensic and financial tracing skill the EFCC has built over years of tackling money laundering and terrorist financing.
Imam said the Nigerian Air Force was established to defend the nation’s airspace, but stressed that no security service can succeed working alone.
This statement, paired with Adeniyi’s admission about aviation cases, shows two agencies each naming a specific skill they lack and pointing to the other as the place to find it.
Adeniyi called the visit a demonstration of shared commitment between both organisations to protect Nigeria’s security and strengthen institutional ties.
He reaffirmed that the Commission stands ready to work more closely with the Nigerian Air Force through intelligence sharing and technical support, alongside other joint efforts against economic and financial crime.
Each institution named the other’s strength as something it lacks. That, more than the courtesy of the visit itself, is what the meeting on 29 July 2026 put into the open.
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