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President Bola Tinubu has asked the senate to confirm Ola Olukoyede and Muhammad Hammajoda as chairman and secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) respectively.

The standard response to this is that Mr. Bawa is receiving a taste of the medicine of institutional caprice that his EFCC meted out to suspects. The shortcomings of the EFCC under successive leaderships since its inception, including its investigation and detainee management protocols, are well documented. However, the habit of terminating successive leaders of the institution into political persecution is independent of that pattern.

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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has said that those who are challenging the appointment of Ola Olukoyede, as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have not acquainted themselves with the provisions of the law.

Mr Femi Falana, has declared that the appointment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has said that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and their counterpart in the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) cannot come from the same region in Nigeria. This is according to the provisions of the Federal Character Commission Act and by virtue of the provision of Section 14 of the constitution, Falana said.

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) says Olanipekun Olukoyede, is qualified to head the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Tinubu left the parade ground as soon as the 63rd low-key independence anniversary was over and since then, we have not seen him.”

What the president gives to the EFCC Chair, he can take away by sleight of hand, a nod, or a wink in the direction of his Attorney-General.

• Mohammed Abdulrasheed Bawa     Around 6 February 2005, John Githongo, Permanent Secretary in Kenya’s Presidency responsible for Governance and