EFCC Head / Chair Woman Farida Waziri Sacked By President Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has unexpectedly fired the head of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

A spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said Wednesday that chairwoman Farida Waziri had been fired. Spokesman Femi Babafemi said Waziri had at least another year left in her tenure.

Babafemi says agency deputy Ibrahim Lamurde has been appointed acting chairman. He said he did not know the president’s reason for firing Waziri.

Waziri and a presidential spokesman could not be immediately reached for comment.

Waziri has been criticized by U.S. diplomats in leaked cables for being unprepared and for apparently being controlled by politicians. Others have leveled corruption allegations against her and operatives of the commission, though none have been proven. Farida has been less than a shadow of the previous anti-corruption czar Nuhu Ribadu who was removed by former President Yar’ Adua to prevent same from trying his friends.

EFCC Head / Chair Woman Farida Waziri Sacked By President Goodluck Jonathan

it is well deserved and long overdue

i mean she should be jailed and sentenced for not upholding the trust naijans put into her