EFCC: How Death of Buhari’s COS, Kyari, Sent Out Magu, Brought in Bawa
- Abdulrasheed Bawa, the suspended chairman of the EFCC, has been accused of taking sides in the prosecution of criminal cases
- Babajide Otitoju, a veteran journalist, made the allegation while defending President Bola Tinubu's move on the suspension of the embattled EFCC chairman
- Otitoju revealed that the death of Abba Kyari, the late chief of staff to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, made it easier to remove Ibrahim Madu and bring in Bawa as EFCC chairman
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Babajide Otitoju, a veteran journalist, has disclosed that the death of Abba Kyari, the late chief of staff to former President Muhammadu Buhari, changed the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Speaking on the recent suspension of Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former chairman of the EFCC, on TVC news as shared by Ayekooto on Twitter, Otitoju said Bawa would not have been chairman of the anti-graft agency if Kyari was alive.
Source: Twitter
Malami brought Bawa to replace Magu as EFCC chairman - Otitoju
The veteran journalist disclosed that the death of Kyari closed the door to meeting Buhari against Ibrahim Magu, the EFCC chairman before Bawa, as Abubakar Malami, the former minister of Justice and attorney general of the federation, worked to see Magu out of office.
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He said that after Magu was removed from office, Malami nominated Bawa to be chairman of the EFCC.
According to Otitoju, Bawa has been reluctant to probe and prosecute politicians in Malami's camp and paid more attention to fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo-Yahoo boys, than corrupt politicians.
President Tinubu commended for removing Magu
He described the suspension of Bawa as a welcomed development and posited that the country needs an anti-graft agency that will be diligent.
Recall that President Tinubu had on Wednesday, June 14, suspended Bawa, barely a week after he suspended Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Both Bawa and Emefiele are currently being interrogated by the Department of State Serve (DSS).
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