President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Rotimi Iseoluwa Oyedepo, SAN, as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the Federal Ministry of Justice.
According to a statement from the State House, signed by Abiodun Oladunjoye, Director (Information & Public Relations), on Tuesday, “President Bola Tinubu has approved the transfer of service of Mr Rotimi Iseoluwa Oyedepo, SAN, from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to the mainstream Federal Civil Service as the Director of Public Prosecutions, in the Federal Ministry of Justice.”
The appointment was conveyed in an official correspondence as a “letter dated December 23, signed by Omolabake Mafe on behalf of the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, stated that Oyedepo’s appointment was made in the public interest.”
The statement explained that “Mr Oyedepo, as DPP, will fill the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of Mr Abubakar Babadoko, who will attain the mandatory eight years as a director on December 31, 2025.”
On his academic background, the statement said “Mr Oyedepo is a 2007 Law graduate from the University of Ilorin and attended the Law School in 2008.”
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Outlining expectations for his tenure, it added that he “is expected to deploy his expertise to reduce reliance on external counsel for critical prosecutions and to ensure greater coherence and consistency in the Federal Government’s legal strategies.”
Before his appointment, Oyedepo spent several years at the anti-graft agency.
“Before this appointment, Mr Oyedepo worked at EFCC for over 15 years, specialising in the prosecution of complex economic and financial crimes. He also served as the Head of the Monitoring Unit,” the statement said.
He also featured prominently in a major international arbitration dispute, as “a member of the legal team for the Federal Government in the landmark case of Process and Industrial Development vs The Federal Republic of Nigeria, known as the P&ID case.”