Following the suspension of AbdulRasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, he the anti-graft agency boss to handover over the affairs of his office to the agency’s Director of Operations, Abdulkarim Chukkol.
Bawa over weighty allegations of abuse of office.
According to a statement by the office of the SGF, his suspension is to allow for a proper investigation into his conduct while in office following some weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him by some stakeholders in the anti-corruption fight.
Chukkol, who will now oversee the affairs of the office of the EFCC Chairman is one of the young officers elevated following the appointment of Bawa over a year and half ago.
He holds a degree from the University of Maiduguri in 2000 and has attended various trainings such as FBI National Academy, Quantico Session 244 2011, University of Virginia Postgraduate Diploma in Criminal Justice Education 2011 and United States Telecommunications Training Institute Cybersecurity and Spectrum Monitoring 2010.
Chukkol was also at the Canadian Police College Criminal Justice Education course in 2006.
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