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…. Eloho is financial crime investigator and current head, Counter Intelligence Unit of Force Intelligence Bureau.
The Special Investigator appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to investigate the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN and Allied entities ,Dr Jim Obazee had in a letter to the Inspector General of Police, Olakayode Egbetokun solicited for support staff from the IGP to enable the smooth takeoff of the Special Investigations.
Following the request,the IGP is said to have nominated the best Investigator, Deputy Commissioner of Police Eloho Edwin Okpoziokpo to serve as the support staff. This move by the IGP has further proven the IGP’s desire to overhaul the Nigeria Police Force as DCP Eloho’s recommendation by the IGP is seen as a master stroke and big boost to President Tinubu’s fight against corruption and economic sabotage.
DCP Eloho is believed to be the best investigator within the Police Force. DCP Eloho worked under the IGP when the IGP was DIG FCIID. It was there that the IGP identified Eloho’s capacity and penchant for thorough investigation.
Who is DCP Eloho Edwin Okpoziakpo?
DCP Eloho holds a degree in Psychology and a Masters degree in International Law and Diplomacy
Eloho is seen by most as the best investigator in the NPF with hands on deck experience in Economic, Financial, Cybercrime and other white collar crimes investigations. His work as an investigator spans over 20 years at top level of investigations.
He is currently, in charge of the Counter Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) having previously been in charge of the Bureau’s Cryptography & Cybercrime Unit (CCU).
Since 2008, he has served in various investigative capacities both at the State Command levels and the Force Headquarters (FCIID) level.
His experience in investigation covers every facet of financial crimes, cybercrimes, money Laundering, economic crimes, white collar crimes, etc.
Experience:
He started his investigative journey at the State level with the FCT Police Command where he headed the Commissioner of Police Monitoring Unit between 2005 and 2008. In this position, the CP referred matters of importance directly to him and he was always asked to take over the most difficult investigations from other sections.
At the National level, he worked at the Police Special Fraud Unit(PSFU), Ikoyi, Lagos, Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) where he was posted to the PSFU, Lagos, in 2008 where he was appointed to head several sensitive sections after being a part of the General Investigation Section of the Unit.The sections he headed include:
i. Cybercrime Section:
This was a new creation at the time he reported at the PSFU. It was his responsibility to build capacity in this new section and deal with the menace of cybercrimes. He remained in this section for two years.
ii. Assets Fraud Section:
This was also another new creation. It was yet his responsibility to midwife this new unit with a focus on cases of fraud relating to the capital market, investment fraud and those involving theft and forgery of landed property and other property documents.
iii. Bank Fraud Section:
After two years of stabilizing the Assets Fraud Section, he was moved to head the bank fraud section. Though already existent before his deployment, this section was reorganized so that he could properly focus the section and build capacity for operatives attached to the section on method of bank fraud investigation.
iv. Anti-Money Laundering Section:
The rising cases of Money Laundering led to the creation of this section and he was detailed to head it and midwife it to a strong section.
Post PSFU, he was transferred to the Special Investigation Unit as the head of the Special Investigation Unit directly under the supervision of the DIG FCID. It was a general investigation unit, which under his command investigated and resolved several high-profile cases.
DCP Eloho was then posted as the pioneer head of this unit that was created on the request of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF). The units major aim was to assist the Nigeria financial sector in the investigation of e-Payment and Card Crimes.
Subsequently, DCP Eloho was posted as the pioneer head of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Enforcement Unit. As the pioneer head of the AMCON unit he was saddled with the responsibility of investigating all bank assets (loans) acquired by the corporation that the obligors used fraudulent documents to obtain and as well as enforce all orders of court given in favor of the corporation.
Again ,he was posted to head a newly created Unit, first of its kind in Africa, Cryptography and Cybercrime unit (CCU – FIB) as the head of the unit. The unit was set up by the IGP in response to the rising cases of cybercrime, to gain access into how criminal gangs fund their operation or move money across several jurisdictions. The issue of the usage of Cryptocurrencies in laundering proceeds of all manner of crimes was also a core mandate of the unit as cryptocurrencies are increasingly becoming a sin-qua-non with money laundering. The functions of the unit are Intelligence based. Under his command, this unit developed the expertise in cracking cases of cybercrime and usage of cryptocurrencies in money laundering.
Throughout his sojourn in investigations, he has supervised and investigated several high profile economic, financial and cybercrime cases. One of such economic crime cases involved Total Energies and Producing Nigeria Ltd. This investigation earned him and his team a recommendation for promotion by the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission.
He is currently the head of Counter Intelligence Unit ( CIU – FIB). This unit is also new and he is the pioneer head. It is a general counter Intelligence Unit under the Force Intelligence Bureau but with focus on economic crimes with transnational links.
The most recent case that was/is still being investigated by DCP Eloho is the Multi Million Dollar fraud reported against Dr. Akintoye Akindele, MD/CEO Capital Platform Investment Ltd.
Dr. Akintoye Akindele attempted to bribe DCP ELOHO and his team with N150 million as widely reported. DCP Eloho led his team to arrest Dr. Akindele Akintoye for this bribe and he’s currently being prosecuted for attempting to bribe the agents with N150 Million.
He is presently developing Intelligence on economic crimes being committed against the country by an oil company that has stolen crude oil worth over $3 billion dollars as well as how over $21 billion has been diverted by oil companies over the years.
This Unit has also been tasked with the investigation of NIRSAL PLC, and Anchor Borrowers Program by the Inspector General of Police.
NIRSAL and the Anchor Borrowers Program have over the years been at the center of investigations. Recently, President Tinubu gave a marching order that all funds allocated to these agricultural programs be recovered.
