Abdulkarim Chukkol named acting chairman of EFCC

Abdulkarim Chukkol, Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has taken charge as the chairman of the agency in acting capacity.

This follows Bola Tinubu’s decision to suspend the chairman of the commission, AbdulRasheed Bawa over weighty allegations of abuse of office.

The suspension, according to a statement, by the office of the SGF, is to allow for a proper investigation into his conduct while in office following some weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him by some stakeholders in the anti-corruption fight.

Following his suspension, Bawa was directed to immediately hand over the affairs of his office to the agency’s Director of Operations, Chukkol, who will oversee the affairs of the office of the EFCC Chairman.

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 Session 244 2011, University of Virginia Postgraduate Diploma in Criminal Justice Education 2011 and United States Telecommunications Training Institute Cybersecurity and Spectrum Monitoring 2010.

Chukkol was also at the Canadian Police College Criminal Justice Education course in 2006.