Bawa is 40, making him the youngest amongst the many appointees in recent times.
About Abdulrasheed Bawa
"He 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 specialised trainings 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."
"He has about 16 years of experience on the job.
At 40, he is the youngest person to chair the Commission.
He was born in Jega, Kebbi State, 40 years ago. This makes him the first person to be appointed to the EFCC job from the north west.
"Bawa is the first career operative to head the EFCC. His appointment puts to rest agitation by core EFCC staff to have one of their own to head the commission.
"Bawa served under all EFCC past chairpersons, starting with Nuhu Ribadu, who recruited the first set of civilians into EFCC (including Bawa) in 2005.
"He was educated at the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Economics in 2001 and master’s in International Relations and Diplomacy in 2012.
"He is a Deputy Chief Detective Superintendent, a position he was promoted to in 2016.
"He was also involved in the investigation of petroleum subsidy fraud (2012-2015).
Bawa has headed EFCC zonal offices in Ibadan and Port Harcourt between June 2018 and December 2019.
"From Port Harcourt, Bawa was posted to Abuja as head of Capacity Development Division of the EFCC Academy, Karu.
Bawa was trained by the FBI, KPMG and many other institutions in the UK, United States and Nigeria.
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