Profile Of Abdulkarim Chukkol, Acting Chairman, EFCC.

Following the suspension of Mr.of  Abdulrasheed Bawa, as Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC by the Federal Government, Mr. Abdulkarim Chukkol has stepped in as Acting Chairman of the Commission.

In a statement today by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, the Commission released a profile of the Acting Chairman.

According to the statement, until his new role, Chukkol was the Director of Operations of the Commission.

“A pioneer staff of the Commission and an illustrious member of the EFCC Cadet Course One, Mr. Chukkol is a consummate and vastly experienced investigator with specialty in cybercrime and money laundering.

“His Command appointments in the Commission include spells as Head of the Advance Fee Fraud and Cybercrime Sections of the Lagos and Abuja Zonal Commands between 2011 -2016, pioneer Commander of the Uyo Zonal Command in 2017 and Commander of Port Harcourt Zonal Command in 2020”.

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The acting EFCC Chairman, holds a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Maiduguri (2000) and Post Graduate Certificate in Criminal Justice Education from the University of Virginia, United States as well as Graduate Diploma in Cybersecurity and Spectrum Management from the United States Telecommunication Training Institute, Washington DC, United States.

He is also an alumnus of the FBI National Academy, Quantico; European Center of Security Studies, Germany and a Fellow of the War college, Nigeria.