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President Bola Tinubu has ushered in a new leadership era for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with Ola Olukoyede’s appointment as the executive chairman of the anti-graft agency.in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity.He also served as chief of staff to Ibrahim Magu, ex-EFCC chair, between 2016 and 2018.Olukoyede was born on October 14, 1969 in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti state.
All EFCC chairpersons before Olukoyode — Nuhu Ribadu, Farida Waziri, Ibrahim Lamorde, Abdulrasheed Bawa — were northern Muslims, which makes him the first southerner and Christian, a pastor at that, to lead the agency. When news that he was set to be appointed as EFCC chairman began making the rounds, there were claims that he was not qualified to head the agency over his suspension and working experience with the commission.Section 2 of the EFCC Act demands that the chairman of the commission “must be a serving or retired member of any government security or law enforcement agency not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police or equivalent; possess not less than 15 years experience.
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