President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Rotimi Iseoluwa Oyedepo as Director of Public Prosecutions in the Federal Ministry of Justice.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Abiodun Oladunjoye, Director of Information and Public Relations at the State House, said the appointment followed Oyedepo’s transfer of service from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the mainstream Federal Civil Service.

Oyedepo is to fill the vacancy created by the impending retirement of the outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions, Abubakar Babadoko, who is due to complete the mandatory eight years in office on December 31, 2025.

The statement said the new DPP is a law graduate of the University of Ilorin, having completed his degree in 2007 before proceeding to the Nigerian Law School in 2008.

It added that Oyedepo is expected to deploy his prosecutorial experience to reduce the Federal Government’s reliance on external legal counsel in sensitive and high-profile cases, while ensuring greater coherence in the government’s legal strategies.

Before his appointment, the Oyedepo spent over 15 years at the EFCC, where he specialised in the prosecution of complex economic and financial crimes.

He also served as head of the commission’s monitoring unit and was part of the Federal Government’s legal team in the Process and Industrial Development arbitration case.

It added that his service earned him the EFCC outstanding staff of the year award in 2014 and the best financial crimes prosecutor award in 2019.