President Tinubu Appoints Ola Olukoyede As New EFCC Chairman

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ola Olukoyede as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), pending confirmation by the Senate.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, highlighted Ola Olukoyede’s qualifications.

Ajuri Ngelale said that the appointment comes in the wake of the resignation of the suspended EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa.

“Ola Olukoyede is a lawyer with over twenty-two (22) 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 (2016-2018) and secretary to the commission (2018-2023).

“As such, he fulfills the statutory requirement for appointment as chairman of the EFCC.

“Olukoyede’s appointment follows the resignation of the suspended Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa,” he said.

Ngelale added that President Tinubu also approved the appointment of Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda as the Secretary of the EFCC for a renewable term of five years.

“Furthermore, President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda to serve as the secretary of the EFCC for a renewable term of five years in the first instance, pending senate confirmation,” the statement reads.

“Hammajoda is a public administrator with extensive experience in public finance management who holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Maiduguri and a Masters in Business Administration from the same university.

“He began his career as a lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi. From there, he went into banking, including successful stints at the defunct Allied Bank and Standard Trust Bank.

“President Bola Tinubu tasks the new leadership of the EFCC to justify the confidence given to them in this important national assignment as a newly invigorated war on corruption undertaken through a reformed institutional architecture in the anti-corruption sector remains a central pillar of the President’s Renewed Hope agenda.”

KanyiDaily recalls that President Bola Tinubu suspended Abdulrasheed Bawa as EFCC Chairman to allow for a thorough investigation into his conduct while in office following “weighty allegations ” of abuse of office against him.