President Bola Tinubu on Thursday appointed Mr. Ola
Olukoyede as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC).
Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri
Ngelale, made the announcement in a statement.
According to the statement, Olukoyede’s appointment followed
the resignation of the suspended Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed
Bawa.
The statement added that Tinubu also approved the
appointment of Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda as the Secretary of the EFCC for a
renewable term of five years in the first instance, pending Senate
confirmation.
Here are some of the things you need to
know about the new NFF EFCC Chairman, who is expected to lead the anti-graft
agency for a term of four years.
1. Olukoyede is from Ekiti State, South-west region of
Nigeria.
2. He was born in Ikere-Ekiti on 14 October 1969.
3. Olukoyede is a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God (RCCG)
4. He is a seasoned lawyer with over twenty-two years of
experience in compliance management, corporate intelligence and fraud
management.
5. Olukoyede has extensive experience in the operations of
the EFCC, having previously served as Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman
(2016 to 2018)
6. Former President Muhammadu Buhari nominated Olukoyede to
serve as Secretary to the EFCC (2018 to 2023)
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