President Umaru Yar Adua has confirmed the appointment of AIG Farida Waziri (Rtd) as the new chairperson of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Mrs. Waziri obtained her LLB (Hons) and LLM degrees from the University of Lagos, BL from the Nigerian law school, and M.sc in strategic studies from the University of Ibadan, and attended the National War College, Abuja.In a career spanning some 35 years, Waziri attended various professional and administrative courses at home and abroad, mostly on investigations and operations.She started her career with the Nigeria Police Force as a recruit 1965 and rose through the rank until she retired as Assistant Inspector General of Police in the year 2000 on reaching the mandatory retirement point of 35 years service. Waziri is married and has four children.Waziri hails form Benue state and is married to Ambassador Adamu Waziri from Gombe state who until November 2007, was the nation’s ambassador to Turkey.Waziri had in December 2005, written a book titled Advance Fee Fraud, National Security and the law.The book x-ray the harm that advance fee fraud (419) scourge has impacted on the nation. She is said to have got favourable recommendations for the job because she headed the Police Anti-Fraud Unit between 1996 and 1999 during which Ribadu and the EFCC Director of Operations, Lamorde were trained by her. When her name was forwarded to the senate for confirmation had gathered from lawmakers that Waziri had distinguished herself all through her career in the Nigerian Police Force.Widely described as a tough anti-graft crusader while in service, Waziri was retired from the Police in 2000.
