Juliet
Ibekaku-Nwagwu, CAMS, LL.M
Mrs. Ibekaku-Nwagwu is a Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Justice Sector Reform and International Relation from 2016 to Date with a focus on international asset recovery and management as well as the use of recovered assets for sustainable development.
She has (29) twenty-nine years postgraduate call experience and has worked extensively in the anti-corruption sector in Nigeria and internationally. She is also an international criminal law attorney and development expert. She was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1993. She has a Master’s degree in international human Rights, Humanitarian and Criminal Law from the University of Lagos, Nigeria She is currently finishing her Masters program in MA in Governance and Corruption at the University of Sussex, UK. She has a postgraduate certificate in anti-corruption studies, investigation and prosecution of financial and economic crimes from the University of Hong Kong.
Ms. Ibekaku-Nwagwu has investigated several corruption cases and won an Egmont FIU Award for the Best Case while serving as Acting Director of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit of EFCC from 2012-2013. She was also instrumental in the removal of Nigeria from the FATF Non-Cooperating Countries or “Grey List” in 2013. She is a recognized international expert on open government, anti-money laundering, financial crime and anti-corruption. She has done extensive work in the development of legislation on fraud, financial crime and terrorist funds.