The Director of Operations and now acting chairman of EFCC is Abdulkarim Chukkol, who has taken over the leadership of the anti-graft agency immediately.
Recall that Chukkol was the director of operations at the EFCC until Wednesday night when President Tinubu suspended Bawa and ordered him to hand over to Chukkol.
Chukkol took over from Mohammed Abba as the Director of Operations, after the latter was returned to the Nigeria Police Force after acting as acting chairman of the commission following the suspension of Ibrahim Magu.
The new acting chairman, Chukkol holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Maiduguri, where he graduated in 2000 and subsequently pursued his Post-Graduate Diploma in Criminal Justice Education from the University of Virginia, United States of America in 2011.
He also holds Diploma in Cybersecurity and Spectrum Monitoring.
He joined the EFCC in 2003 and rose through the ranks to become principal detective and director of operations.
Chukkol was at a point at the FBI National Academy, Quantico.
His former place of assignment include the head, the Port Harcourt’s zonal office of the EFCC before he was transferred back to the headquarters in Abuja.
