Farida Mzamber Waziri
| Farida Mzamber Waziri | |
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| Chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission | |
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In office May 2008 – 23 November 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Nuhu Ribadu |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Lamorde |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 July 1949 Gboko, Benue State. |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Alma mater | Lagos State University |
| Occupation | Police officer, lawyer |
Chief (Mrs.) Farida Mzamber Waziri was appointed Executive Chairperson of the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in May 2008. She succeeded Nuhu Ribadu in this post.
Farida Mzamber Waziri was born on 7 July 1949 and raised in Gboko, Benue State. She obtained her law degree from the University of Lagos and obtained a master's degree in Law from the Lagos State University. In 1996, she gained a master's degree in Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan. She is the author of Advance Fee Fraud, National Security and the Law. Mrs. Waziri has been used as an alias for many email scams.
Farida Waziri enlisted in the Nigeria Police Force in 1965 and rose to the position of Assistant Inspector General of Police. She held the positions of Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations), screening and selection, Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Police Force C.I.D Alagbon, Lagos, Commissioner of Police, General Investigation and Commissioner of Police in charge of X-Squad. In this last position she was responsible for handling cases of bribery and corruption within the police force. She also served as Commissioner of Police (special fraud unit) in which role she recorded the first conviction for Advance Fee Fraud in Nigeria.
She led the West African delegation on Advance Fee Fraud to Lyons, France in 1996. She led the Nigeria delegation to Dallas, Texas for a seminar organised by the United State Secret Service in 1998.
When being screened for the EFCC job by the Senate committee on anti-corruption, she denied that she had stood as surety for the former Benue State governor, Senator George Akume when he was charged with corruption. She was confirmed by President Umaru Yar'Adua as EFCC chairman in May 2008, but refused to accept the position until she had also been confirmed by the Senate. The appointment to this sensitive position was controversial. Shortly after her appointment, Waziri inspected the EFCC detention facilities to ascertain the conditions of suspects. In September 2008 Waziri said that allegations of corruption by former president Olusegun Obasanjo and some former state governors could not be supported because the files did not exist or they had disappeared.
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