Abdulrasheed Bawa: Five Things To Know About New EFCC Boss

AllNews Nigeria earlier reported that Abdulrasheed Bawa has been nominated as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to a press statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina on Tuesday, the Senate has been requested to confirm Bawa’s nomination.

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However, the appointment of Bawa is coming months after Buhari suspended the acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu for misconduct and directed the EFCC Director of Operations, Mohammed Umar to oversee the affair of the commission.

Five Things To Know About Abdulrasheed Bawa:

• Bawa is a trained EFCC investigator with vast experience in the investigation and prosecution of Advance Fee Fraud cases, official corruption, bank fraud, money laundering, and other economic crimes.
• He has undergone several specialized pieces of training in different parts of the world and was one of the pioneer EFCC cadet officers in 2005.
• Bawa holds a B.Sc degree in Economics, and Masters in International Affairs and Diplomacy.
• Before his appointment, Bawa was the Lagos zonal head of the anti-graft agency.
• He will be taking over from Mohammed Umar who has been in an acting capacity since July 2020 after the suspension of Ibrahim Magu over allegations of corruption.

Notable Cases Handle By Abdulrasheed Bawa As EFCC Investigator

A) Supervising the biggest operations zonal office of the EFCC in Lagos having 604 officers and men and securing 227 convictions despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
B) Supervising the investigation of all cases in Port Harcourt Zonal office in which an unprecedented 215 convictions were secured in eleven months and securing Final Forfeiture of hundreds of properties to the Federal Government.
C) Supervising the investigation of all cases in the Ibadan Zonal office in which 113 were concluded and 54 are charged to court within 6 months.
D) Diezani Alison-Madueke-2015-Date: Recovered Millions of Dollars worth of properties in Nigeria, UK., USA, and UAE including 92 properties in Nigeria.
E) Atlantic Energy Group-2014-2015: Recovered Millions of Dollars worth of properties in Nigeria, UK, USA, Switzerland, UAE and Canada.
F) Crude Oil Swaps and OPA-2014-2015: Recovered Billions of Naira.
G) Petroleum Subsidy Fraud-2012-2015: Identified Fraud of about N70Billion, Recovered Billions of Naira and Prosecuted several companies.
H) Former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu
I) “Operation Cyber Storm One”, across Nigeria in which over 60 Suspected Advance Fee Fraudsters and Cyber Crime Perpetrators are on prosecution- 2008
J) Participated in several other Periodic Raid on Notorious (419) Cyber-cafés.