President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday suspended the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa.
The suspension is to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office after allegations of abuse of office levelled against him.
His suspension was announced in a statement from the office of the secretary to the Federation.
Bawa was directed to immediately hand over the affairs of his office to the Director, Operations in the Commission, Mohammed Umar Abba who will oversee the affairs of the Office of the Chairman of the Commission pending the conclusion of the investigation.
Here are some fact about the new EFCC boss.
Mohammed Umar Abba was born June 22, 1965 in Tudunwada Local Government Area of Kano State, Abba bagged his first degree from Bayero University, Kano.
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.
CP Abba was seconded to the Commission in January 2016 to head the Counterterrorism and General Investigations, CTGI, Section at the Headquarters in Abuja.
He was appointed the Director of Operations of the Commission in 2017, a position he held till 2020 when he took over from Ibrahim Magu as acting Chairman, a position he held till he returned to the Police.