Senior Lawyer Agbakoba Praises Tinubu for Suspending Emefiele, Bawa, Others, Makes One More Strong Demand
- A former NBA president, Olisa Agbakoba, has showered encomium on President Bola Tinubu for getting rid of fuel subsidy and forex corruption
- Agbakoba also congratulated President Tinubu for suspending Godwin Emefiele as CBN governor and Abdulrasheed Bawa as EFCC chairman
- The Senior Advocate of Nigeria urged President Tinubu to dismantle INEC for conducting the worst election in Nigeria's history
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A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, has praised President Bola Tinubu for suspending Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Abdulrasheed Bawa as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).
Agbakoba also applauded Tinubu over fuel subsidy removal and check in forex corruption, adding that "endemic corruption has suffered a massive blow."
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"Full congratulations go to President Tinubu @officialABAT for getting rid of Emefiele, Bawa, fuel subsidy, and forex corruption. Endemic corruption has suffered a massive blow."
2023 elections were the worst in Nigeria, Dismantle INEC - Agbakoba
However, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), in a post shared on his verified Twitter handle @oagbakoba, made one more demand, asking President Tinubu to dismantle the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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Agbakoba described the 2023 elections as the worst in the history of Nigeria.
He argued that the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, should leave office by resignation or removal to avoid the electoral reforms being hindered.
“Next, it is for the president to dismantle INEC @inecnigeria. Everyone will agree that logistically, the 2023 elections are the worst in our history. I do not refer to the merits of the election results. Many results are disputed and are in tribunals. Both petitioners and respondents suffered at the hands of an incompetent INEC.
“As we await rulings from the courts, massive reforms of the electoral framework ought to begin. However, this means that the INEC Chairman will have to leave office by resignation or removal; otherwise, the reform task will be impeded.”
President Tinubu suspends EFCC chairman Bawa indefinitely
Meanwhile, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved the indefinite suspension from office, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) AbdulRasheed Bawa.
Willie Bassey, the director of information in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, on Wednesday, June 14, confirmed Tinubu's move in a statement.
President Tinubu suspends CBN governor Godwin Emefiele, orders probe
President Bola Tinubu has suspended Godwin Emefiele as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation announced his suspension.
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