Olanipekun Olukoyede
Integrity · Law · Leadership
The Person & The Professional
Three decades in the service of the rule of law
Olanipekun “Ola” Olukoyede is a Nigerian lawyer, Certified Fraud Examiner and regulatory-compliance consultant whose career spans courtroom practice, corporate-fraud investigation and institutional reform. Born in Ikere-Ekiti and trained in Lagos, Paris, Harvard and Oxford, he has spent his professional life on a single conviction: that institutions — not individuals — are what make integrity durable.
He currently serves as the 5th Executive Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission — the latest chapter in a lifetime of work against fraud and corruption.
Career at a Glance
A record built, not claimed
30+years in legal practice, compliance and fraud management
7,503convictions secured by the EFCC in his first two years as Chairman
₦566bnrecovered for the Nigerian state and victims of fraud, 2023–2025
8books and monographs on fraud risk, investigation and corporate law
1969Born in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Educated at LASU, UNILAG, ICC Paris, Harvard Kennedy School and Oxford.
1990s–2016Two decades in legal practice and regulatory-compliance consulting — fraud investigation, civil litigation, corporate intelligence.
2016–2023Chief of Staff to the EFCC Executive Chairman; confirmed Secretary to the Commission in November 2018.
2023—5th Executive Chairman of the EFCC; President of the Network of Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa (NACIWA).
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There can be no greater incentive to investors than assurance of due process and the rule of law.
African Leaders & Partners Forum
Washington D.C. · September 2025
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