Mr Akomaye was first appointed Director-General and later re-designated Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria, the lead anti corruption agency in Africa.

In 2004 - 2006, he chaired the Presidential inter-agency technical sub-committee on the delisting of Nigeria from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of Non Cooperating Countries and Territories. Presently, he deputizes in the ongoing targeted review of Nigeria by the FATF. He played a lead role in the establishment of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit and the operation of the Inter Governmental Action Group against-money Laundering in Africa, a regional anti-money laundering group of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), from 2003 to 2005. He was a member of the Commonwealth Assets Recovery Working Group in 2004 - 2005, and served as Special Adviser to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice of Nigeria in 1999 - 2000 and 2002 - 2003, and as Special Assistant to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development in 2000 - 2002. He was the pioneer chair of the ECOWAS network of anti-corruption agencies in West Africa. Presently, he chairs the National Committee for the review of Jordan's Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and is the Project Director for the implementation of two major donor projects of the EFCC.

Mr Akomaye is a recipient of the National Honor of Member of the Federal Republic. He holds a BA (Hons), LLB and BL from the Universities of Calabar, Ibadan and the Nigerian Law School respectively. He was a lawyer before joining the Government in 1999, and is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, International Bar Association and American Bar Association.