Tinubu appoints chief EFCC prosecutor, six others as aides to justice minister(FULL LIST)

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Rotimi Oyedepo, a top prosecutor for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and six new aides.

Mr Tinubu assigned the new appointees to the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja, where they would report to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN.

The comprehensive list of the appointees seen by news Agency on Sunday include: Kamarudeen Ogundele, special assistant to the President on communication and publicity; Hussein Oloyede, special assistant on arbitration, drafting and regulations; Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), special assistant on financial crimes and public prosecution compliance.

The rest are: Monsurat Gafar, special assistant on coordination and intergovernmental agency relations; Marcus-Obiene Fernández, special assistant on justice sector reforms and ICT/digital and innovative technology; and Ahmed Wada, special assistant on special duties. The identity of the seventh appointee is being withheld because he called to say publicising his name and the nature of his assignment might endanger him

Mr Ogundele is a well-known journalist and currently serves as group news editor at Abuja-based Daily Trust newspaper. Before joining Daily Trust in 2021, Mr Ogundele worked in various capacities at The Nation, The Punch, Business Day and Leadership Newspapers, in a career spanning over a decade.

An indigene of Abeokuta in Ogun State, Mr Ogundele attended Federal Polytechnic, Bida, and the International Institute of Journalism, Abuja. He also attended Yewa High School and Abesan High School, both in Lagos.

The new appointee is also proprietor of Kammy Multi-Biz Global Company, a general contracting and merchandising enterprise based in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

On 4 June 2015, while working for The Punch newspaper, thugs suspected to be loyal to then-Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State attacked him for photographing women praying for peace in the state. His clothes were shredded, his work tools confiscated after which he was beaten to stupor.