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The Chairman of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Justice Ayo Salami, the has said he does not know when the probe will end.
Recall that President Buhari had while inaugurating the seven-man panel on July 3, 2020, given it 45 days to round up its activities and submit its report.
Buhari listed the seven members of the panel to include Salami (North-Central); Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Michael Ogbezi (South-South); a representative of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Muhammad Babadoko (North-Central); and Hassan Abdullahi from the Department of State Services (North-Central).
Others are Muhammad Shamsudeen from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (North-West), Douglas Egweme from the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (South-East) and Kazeem Atitebi (South-West), who serves as the secretary.
However, when asked by The Punch Newspapers when the probe will end having exceeded the presidential timeline of 45 days, Salami, who is a former President of the Court of Appeal said: “I really don’t know.”