Following the suspension of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Chairman, AbdulRasheed Bawa from office indefinitely by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday night, a Police office, Mohammed Umar Abba has taken over in acting capacity.
The letter of suspension directed Bawa to handover to the Director of Operations, being the most senior officer, hence, Mr Abba who joined the Police in 1992 has taken over.
Bawa was suspended to allow investigation over allegations of abuse of office levelled against him by some stakeholders in anti-corruption war.
1.5MHere are six things to know about the acting EFCC chairman:
1. Mohammed Umar Abba was born on June 22, 1965, in Tudunwada Local Government Area of Kano State.
2. Abba bagged his first degree from Bayero University, Kano. He did his one-year national service at the old Anambra State Police Command and later got enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force. He attended the Nigeria Police Academy, Kaduna State, where he was commissioned in 1992.
3. CP Abba was seconded to the Commission in January 2016 to head the Counterterrorism and General Investigations, CTGI, Section at the Headquarters in Abuja.
