Fresh Trouble For EFCC Boss As Over 40 Anti-Corruption Bodies Want Buhari to Sack Bawa, Give Reason
- Over 40 anti-corruption agencies have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the chairman of the EFCC, Abdurasheed Bawa
- The groups alleged that the EFCC under the watch of Bawa has disobeyed court orders undermines the reputation of democracy in Nigeria
- They also claimed that Bawa's actions contradict the anti-corruption campaign of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari
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Ikeja, Lagos - More than 40 anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations have protested against the consistent disobedience to court orders by Abdulrasheed Bawam the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The group in Lagos on Friday, February 10, the groups alleged that Bawa is seemingly politicizing the activities of the anti-graft agency, The Nation reported.
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The CSOs alleged that Bawa's leadership of the EFCC has been known to flaunt court orders in a manner that not only undermined the reputation of the institution of democracy in Nigeria but also antagonised the anti-corruption campaign of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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This was why they came to the conclusion that the President should sack Bawa as the commission chairman to recover its past glory.
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According to the groups, the EFCC is not only a penchant for disregard for court orders, the situation is now more embarrassing because the commission's chairman, Bawa, has been sent to prison more than once in just 2 months over consistent breach of court orders.
Bawa, the EFCC chairman was sentenced to Kuje Prison in January and February of 2023.
Court asks IGP to arrest and remand EFCC chairman in Kuje prison, gives reason
Legit.ng earlier reported that a high court in Kogi state has ordered that the IGP should arrest the EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa and detain him in Kuje prison for 14 days.
The order came following the disobedience of a court order by the commission boss that demanded him to provide an application in the case of Ali Bello.
Bello has filed a suit against the chairman of the anti-graft agency before the court over allegation of his illegal arrest and detained by the EFCC.
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