Ola Olukoyede, the new EFCC chairman, was born on October 14, 1969, in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti. He received his university education from Lagos State University, University of Lagos, Institute of Arbitration ICC – Paris, France, and the University of Harvard (Kennedy School of Executive Education).
Before his recent appointment, Olukoyede served as the EFCC Secretary and also as the Chief of Staff to former EFCC Chair, Ibrahim Magu, during the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
He is a member of the Fraud Advisory Panel in the UK and is also a member of the Federal Government Technical Committee on the Repositioning of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit. Olukoyede specializes in Anti-Corruption Research and Analysis, Corporate and Business Intelligence Gathering, and is a Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
His appointment as EFCC chairman is for a renewable term of four years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation.
