Following the indefinite suspension of the EFCC Chairman, President Bola Tinubu has directed that the Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulkarim Chukkol immediately takes charge of the anti-graft agency.
A statement issued from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation says weighty allegations of abuse of office had been leveled against Bawa, who has been in office since February 24, 2021.
Chukkol is one of the young officers elevated following the appointment of Bawa over a year and half ago.
Chukkol earned a degree from the University of Maiduguri in 2000 and has attended various trainings such as FBI National Academy, Quantico.
Chukkol was also at the Canadian Police College
Criminal Justice Education course in
2006.
