This comes after reports on Tuesday said President Bola Tinubu had appointed the former Lagos police commissioner to replace the former substantive chairman of the anti-corruption body, Abdulrasheed Bawa.
A retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu has denied being appointed as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
This comes after reports on Tuesday said President Bola Tinubu had appointed the former Lagos police commissioner to replace the former substantive chairman of the anti-corruption body, Abdulrasheed Bawa.
Odumosu on Wednesday said, “Good Morning everyone, I have been inundated with so many calls and messages between yesterday and today on a purported “EFCC Appointment”., I just want to use this opportunity to debunk this information and say it’s totally untrue.”
Tinubu suspended indefinitely the former chairman of the anti-corruption body on Wednesday, June 14.
According to a release from the presidency on, Bawa’s suspension is “to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office. This follows weighty allegation of abuse of office leveled against him.
“Mr Bawa has been directed to immediately hand over the affairs of his office to the Director, Operations in the commission, who will oversee the affairs of the Office of the Chairman pending the conclusion of investigation.”
Bawa was soon invited by the Department of State Services for questioning over allegations of corruption and abuse of office.
Bawa’s suspension came days after Tinubu suspended the Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, from office.