10 FACTS ABOUT ABDULRASHEED BALA, THE NEW EFCC CHAIRMAN

By: The Scribe

Following a two hours screening by the Senate headed by Ahmad Lawan, Abdulrasheed Bala, a 40-year old, emerges as the new boss of EFCC (Economic and Financial Crime Commission), he is also the youngest chairman of the body.

Lots of Nigerians has shown their much interest to finally witnessing a youth mounting up to high position in the country which has always been carved for.

According to Premium Times, here are 10 facts about the new chairman:

• Abdulrasheed Bawa is a graduate from the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics (Second Class Upper) in 2001.

• He joined the EFCC as an Assistant Detective Superintendent (ADS) in 2004.

• He holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy which he obtained from the same university in 2012.

• According to his resume as seen by Premium Times, he spent about 16 years working with the EFCC as a detective and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of London.

• He was part of the pioneer EFCC Cadet Officers, course one, 2005, as he rose through the ranks to become a Deputy Chief Detective Superindent (DCDS), a position he has been holding since 2016 up till the time of his nomination as the anti-graft agency’s substantive chairman.

• He has vast investigation experience and has been part of the prosecution of advance fee fraud, official corruption, bank fraud, money laundering, and other economic and financial crimes related offences.

• He headed the investigations of Crude Oil Swaps and OPA case from 2014 to2015, also leading to the recovery of assets.

• As the head of the EFCC’s investigations of Diezani Allison-Madueke from 2015 till date, his team recovered millions of dollars worth of property in Nigeria, the U.K., U.S.A, and U.A.E including 92 of such assets in Nigeria.

• He also supervised the investigations of Atlantic Energy Group-from 2014 to 2015 leading to the recovery of assets in Nigeria, the UK, USA, Switzerland, UAE and Canada.

• He has also participated in several other periodic raids on “notorious (419) Cyber-cafés”, the sort of operations from which the EFCC records the lion share of its convictions.

The burden and weight to prove right that youths of the nation can do wonders that will take the country to the right direction rests on his shoulder.