Mr. Mohammed Umar, the Director of Operations, is the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
His appointment followed the suspension of Abdulrasheed Bawa by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Tinubu, in a statement by the Director of Information in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey on Wednesday evening, said Bawa’s suspension followed weighty allegations of abuse of office leveled against Mr. Bawa.
The President directed Bawa to hand over the affairs of the commission to the Director of Operations pending the conclusion of the investigation.
“Mr Bawa has been directed to immediately handover the affairs of his office to the Director, Operations in the Commission, who will oversee the affairs of the Office of the Chairman of the Commission pending the conclusion of the investigation,” the statement said.
Who is Umar
Umar, a Commissioner of Police, was the acting chairman of the EFCC from July 2020 to February 2021), when Ibrahim Magu was suspended.
Seven months after, he handed over to the substantive Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on February 24, 2021.
Born on June 22, 1965 in Tudunwada Local Government Area of Kano State, Abba bagged his first degree from Bayero University, Kano. Umar did 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.
