By Kamil Opeyemi
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Mr. Ola Olukoyede has on Wednesday visited President Bola Tinubu in his office.
His visit came less than four hours after he was cleared and endorsed for his new position by the Senate on Wednesday.
Olukeyede was guest of senators where he answered questions on various aspects of the operations of the anti-graft agency.
Tinubu had on October 12, named Olukoyede the new EFCC chairman effectively ending the tenure of the suspended chairman AbdulRasheed Bawa.
A statement by Ajuri Ngelale has read: “By the powers vested in President Bola Tinubu as established in section 2 (3) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004, that “the Chairman and members of the Commission, other than ex-officio members, shall be appointed by the President,” President Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede to serve as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a renewable term of four years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation.
Mr. 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.
Mr. Olukoyede’s appointment follows the resignation of the suspended Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa.
Furthermore, President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda to serve as the Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a renewable term of five years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation.