BREAKING: Usman Imam is new Port Harcourt EFCC Head

Usman Imam has been appointed as the new Zonal Head for the Port Harcourt division of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

This was announced by the anti-graft agency in a statement.

EFCC PORT HARCOURT ZONAL OFFICE GETS NEW ZONAL HEAD

A new Zonal Head has been appointed for the Port Harcourt Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.#SayNoToCorruption #EFCCFightsForYou pic.twitter.com/bsdwmm0s9F

— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) January 8, 2020

Mr Usman Imam, an Assistant Commissioner of Police. His appointment followed the redeployment of the former Head of the Zone, Abdulrasheed Bawa who was moved to the EFCC Academy, Karu, Abuja, according to the statement.

Imam, former Head of the Enugu Zone of the EFCC, hails from Taraba State. A thoroughbred Police Officer, who joined the Nigeria Police Force in 2000 after obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration from the University of Maiduguri.

Shortly after his enlistment, he served in Kano State between 2002 and 2005 in various capacities. In 2005, Imam was seconded to the EFCC where he became a team Leader in the Advance Fee Fraud (AFF) Unit in Lagos Zonal Office.

He had stints with the Economic Governance( EG) and Asset Forfeiture Units as well as the Intellectual Property Theft Desk. He was the founding Head, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria( AMCON) Desk at the EFCC Headquarters, Abuja.

Making a short speech after his appointment,Imam asked everyone to key into their mission

"We have a mission and everyone must key into the mission", he said.