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Buhari appoints George Ekpungu, as EFCC scribe, names board members {See Names}

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. George Ekpungu as the secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The spokesman for the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr Umar Gwandu, announced this in a statement on Monday.

Umar explained that the appointment by President Buhari was for a fresh tenure of five years.

According to the statement , the President , also appointed four other persons as Board Members of the anti-graft agency.

They are Luqman Muhammad (South South), Anumba Adaeze (South East), Kola Adesina (North Central), and Yahya Muhammad (North East).

Gwandu, in the statement added that the appointment was in line with Section 2 (1) and Section 4 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, 2004.

He said the EFCC has been operating without board members since 2015 and President Buhari has already directed that the names of the appointees be forwarded to the Senate for confirmation.

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