Abdulrasheed Bawa, Buhari’s nominee for the position of substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been promoted to the rank of Chief Detective Superintendent ahead of his Senate screening, according to The PUNCH report.

Recall that controversies have trailed the nomination of Bawa to take over as substantive Chairman of EFCC and there is a pending suit filed by lawyer, Osuagwu Ugochukwu, seeking to stop his confirmation because, by Section 2 of the EFCC Act, a person who will be appointed as chairman of the commission must have at least 15 years experience and must be the rank of an Assistant Commissioner of Police or its equivalent.

“Bawa and his course mates have been promoted to Level 14. Hopefully, this will put to rest the controversy surrounding his eligibility for the role of EFCC chairman.

I agree that the promotion should have been effected before his appointment was announced as this would have prevented unnecessary controversies.

“The truth is that he has been overdue for promotion.” A top source at the EFCC told Punch

The source further disclosed that the Presidency is seeking to appoint a new secretary of the commission to replace the suspended Mr Ola Olukoyede and that a member of the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel was one of the persons being considered for the appointment of secretary of the Commission.

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