President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Rotimi Oyedepo, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as the new director of public prosecutions (DPP) in the Federal Ministry of Justice.
Oyedepo’s transfer of service from the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the mainstream federal civil service was
confirmed in a letter dated December 23, signed by Omolabake Mafe on behalf of
the chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission.
Abiodun Oladunjoye, the State House director of information
and public relations, said in a statement on Tuesday that Oyedepo’s appointment
was made in the public interest.
Oyedepo succeeds Abubakar Babadoko, who is set to retire on
December 31, 2025, after completing the mandatory eight-year tenure as
director.
“Mr Oyedepo, as DPP, will fill the vacancy occasioned by the
retirement of Mr Abubakar Babadoko, who will attain the mandatory eight years
as a director on December 31, 2025,” the statement reads.
“Mr Oyedepo is a 2007 law graduate from the University of
Ilorin and attended the Law School in 2008. He is expected to deploy his
expertise to reduce reliance on external counsel for critical prosecutions and
to ensure greater coherence and consistency in the Federal Government’s legal
strategies.”
According to the statement, the new DPP has over 15 years of
experience prosecuting complex economic and financial crime cases at the EFCC
and previously headed the commission’s monitoring unit.
He was part of the legal team representing the federal
government in the high-profile P&ID case (Process and Industrial
Development vs The Federal Republic of Nigeria).
Oyedepo has received several accolades, including EFCC’s
Outstanding Staff of the Year (2014) and Best Financial Crimes Prosecutor
(2019).
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