Efcc chairman biography of michaels

Nigerian lawyer

Olanipekun Olukoyede (born 14 October 1969) also known as Ola is the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on 12 October 2023.^[1][2][3][4]

Education and early life

Olanipekun was born on 14 October 1969, in Ikere-Ekiti.

He serves as a pastor in the City of Refuge, Lagos Province 12, Shasha, Lagos State, of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.^[5] Ola attended Harvard University for the Kennedy School of Executive Education, as well as Lagos State University, University of Lagos, the Institute of Arbitration in the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, France, and the Institute of Arbitration in Lagos.^[6]

Career

Prior to Olanipekun's involvement and appointment as the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, he worked as a lawyer at a law firm owned by former Vice President of Nigeria, Ye