JUST-IN: DSS Quizzes Suspended EFCC Chairman
According to a statement by the office of the secretary to government of the federation , the removal of the commission’s chairman is to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office.The president directed Bawa to immediately handover the affairs of his office to the director of Operations in the commission who will oversee the affairs of the Office of the Chairman of the Commission pending the conclusion of the investigation.
He is the youngest chairman of the commission as previous substantive chairpersons of the EFCC, including Ibrahim Magu, who chaired the agency in acting capacity for almost five years, stepped into the highly coveted office at well over 40 years of age.His successor, Farida Waziri, assumed office in May 2008 at the age of 59 and left on November 23, 2011.
Apart from his record age, Bawa, was the first substantive chairman without a background in the Nigerian Police Force, a feature which appears to be in line with one of the reported recommendations of the Ayo Salami panel Bawa, who joined the EFCC as an Assistant Detective Superintendent in 2004, also holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy which he obtained from the same university in 2012.He rose through the ranks to become a Deputy Chief Detective Superintendent , a position he has been holding since 2016 up till the time of his nomination as the chairman of the EFCC.
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