EFCC REMOVES NFIU BOSS

EFCC Chairman,Ibrahim Lamorde

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has announced the removal and subsequent redeployment of the head of its powerful intelligence unit known as the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU.

A statement by the commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, on Thursday night, said Juliet Ibebaku has been re-deployed to the legal directorate of the agency while Francis Usani, formerly of the legal directorate, has been named her replacement.

Mr. Usani, who was appointed in acting capacity, is a veteran prosecutor and seasoned lawyer, having been part of the prosecution team that has prosecuted money laundering and other grand corruption cases.


Ms Ibekaku, who previously served in the External Cooperation Unit and the commission’s Training and Research Institute (now EFCC Academy) before her redeployment to the NFIU, has since resumed at her new duty post, the statement said.