EFCC: Presidency widens Salami panel’s mandate

The Presidential Investigative Committee on activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been granted judicial powers

Chairman of the panel justice Isa Ayo Salami, a former president of the court of appeal, and his members will operate in line with section 1 of the tribunals inquiry act

The panel has also been mandated to conduct public sittings.

It has so far been sitting in camera at the presidential villa in Abuja.

Its report is expected to be submitted 45 days after its first public sitting

The panel has been examining activities of the EFCC under the stewardship of suspended acting chairman Ibrahim Magu between 2015 and 2020.