President Buhari has appointed George Abang Ekpungu as the Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The spokesperson of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami said that the Buhari has finally constituted a board for the antigraft agency.

Meanwhile, the identities of the board members have been sent to the national assembly for approval.

A statement released by Gwandu read; 

“President Buhari has appointed George Abang Ekpungu as the Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for a tenure of five years. 

“The appointment is for a fresh tenure of five years.

“Also appointed as board members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission are Luqman Muhammad (South South), Anumba Adaeze (South East), Alhaji Kola Raheem Adesina (North Central) and Alhaji Yahya Muhammad (North East).

“These appointments are in line with Section 2 (1) and Section 4 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, 2004.

“The President has directed the forwarding of the names to the Senate for confirmation.”

In recent developments, the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has issued a landmark ruling as it has stopped President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration from implementing their policy of arresting or prosecuting Nigerians using Twitter.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) lead by lawyer and senior advocate Femi Falana, and 176 concerned Nigerians challenged the decision by the Federal government on the unlawful protection of the users of Twitter.

Femi Falana said: “This court has jurisdiction to hear the case. The court also .by orders that the application be heard expeditiously. The Nigerian government must take immediate steps to implement the order.”

“It is extremely embarrassing that the Federal Government could threaten to jail Nigerians for sedition, which was annulled by the Court of Appeal in 1983, in the case of Arthur Nwankwo vs The State”,

Source: Ghgossip.com