President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr Ola Olukoyede as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Tinubu's Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale made the announcement in a statement on Thursday.
Olukoyede's appointment followed the resignation of the suspended Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa. Tinubu also approved the appointment of Mr Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda as the Secretary of the anti-graft agency for a renewable term of five years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation.
Ola Olukoyede is a lawyer with over twenty-two years of experience as a regulatory compliance consultant and specialist in fraud management and corporate intelligence. He has extensive experience in the operations of the EFCC, having previously served as Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman and Secretary to the Commission . As such, he fulfills the statutory requirement for appointment as Chairman of the EFCC. ''Mr.
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